Photo: Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent. · CC BY 2.5Leysdown-on-Sea is older than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 58.5
The share of households in terraced houses is 2.2%, against 24% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census put Leysdown-on-Sea’s population at 929, in 515 households. The census found that half of households are one person living alone in the village. Few places have as many unpaid carers: 12% here, more than in 93% of UK towns.
Leysdown-on-Sea: 36% of residents are 65 or over, above 98% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.7% here and 12% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns: 2.1%
What adults did at the 2021 Census (the ONS’s NS-SEC classes), and where residents lived a year earlier.
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, against 12% in Leysdown-on-Sea. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns.
Only 11% of households have dependent children in Leysdown-on-Sea
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Kent’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
At 1.8 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. The comparison figure for households with dependent children is 29% across England’s towns. Locally, 3.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Households in flats: 33%, a higher share than 96% of UK towns
Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
Households without a car or van are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 24%. Nearly a third of households live in a detached house, a higher share than in 57% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Leysdown-on-Sea sits below 66% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (97%)
Country of birth, year of arrival and main language, Census 2021.
Born outside the UK, by region · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (4%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%). Compared with other places, residents born outside the UK are common here: 6.6%, more than in 52% of UK towns. The share of residents whose main language is English across England’s towns is 90%.
Leysdown-on-Sea ranks above 71% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 53%
How residents described themselves at the 2021 Census. Lines join the lowest and highest of the three figures.
Ethnic groups other than White British · all residents
White British, not charted: 91% of Leysdown-on-Sea · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Other White (4.6%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and Chinese (0.8%). The usual figure: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Fewer residents who describe themselves as White British than in 56% of UK towns: 91%. Here 38% of residents said they have no religion, where the figure across England’s towns is 37%.
Fewer married adults and civil partners than 97% of UK towns: 36%
Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.
Partnership status · residents 16 and over
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
29% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, against 39% across England’s towns. The share of married adults and civil partners across England’s towns is 44%. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 49.
12% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Leysdown-on-Sea, 44%, while 12% hold one at degree level (34%).
Every nearby town is younger than Leysdown-on-Sea
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leysdown-on-Sea | 929 | — | 58.5 | 36% | 11% |
| Warden | 1,817 | 1 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 32% |
| Eastchurch | 3,381 | 2.9 mi | 36.3 | 9.2% | 32% |
| Minster (Swale) | 16,735 | 5.2 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 27% |
| Whitstable | 32,185 | 5.8 mi | 51.3 | 29% | 23% |
| Faversham | 20,941 | 5.9 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 28% |
| Halfway Houses | 4,396 | 6.6 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 26% |
| Teynham | 3,128 | 6.8 mi | 39.7 | 20% | 30% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Kent’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Kent (or England), summed the same way as Leysdown-on-Sea’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out.
- Small counts are blurred. The ONS adds small random changes to Census counts to protect privacy, so the same total differs a little between tables, and the shares of a small town can move by a point or two.
Questions about Leysdown-on-Sea’s residents
What is the population of Leysdown-on-Sea?
The 2021 Census counted 929 people in Leysdown-on-Sea’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Leysdown-on-Sea?
The median age was 58.5 at the 2021 Census. 6.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 36% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Leysdown-on-Sea?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 6.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Leysdown-on-Sea?
38% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 7.7% didn’t answer.
Is Leysdown-on-Sea good for families?
11% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Leysdown-on-Sea’s schools page.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area (TS002, TS003, TS004, TS007A, TS008, TS015, TS017, TS019, TS021, TS029, TS030, TS039, TS044, TS045, TS062, TS067). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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