Photo: Peter Wood · CC BY-SA 2.0Littlebourne ranks below 96% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 7.6%
In Littlebourne, 56% of residents describe themselves as Christian, beside 46% across England’s towns. On households in flats, Littlebourne sits lower than 88% of UK towns: 3.9%. The village is home to 1,596 residents in 670 households, by the 2021 Census. Married adults and civil partners account for 51%.
What the Census says about Littlebourne’s people
Many older residents
28% of residents were 65 or over in 2021, more than in 86% of UK towns; 14% of households are someone 66 or over living alone. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Older than 82% of UK towns: half of Littlebourne is over 49.4
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: 7.5% of residents. On residents aged 65 and over, Littlebourne sits higher than 86% of UK towns: 28%. In St Mary's Bay, the oldest of Kent’s towns by this measure, it is 42%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Littlebourne sits above 63% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (9.4%)
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in nearly two in five adults here, routine and semi-routine work 19% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Elsewhere, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Here, 4.9% of adults are full-time students.
A lower share of households with dependent children than 62% of UK towns, at 26%
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.
Where 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns, Littlebourne has 28%. As a reference point, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Households here average 2.3 people each. 2.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, more than in 71% of UK towns.
13% of households have no car or van, below 63% 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
22% of households live in a terraced house; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. On the census count, 32% of households live in a detached house.
Littlebourne sits above 64% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (8%)
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Where just over a fifth of those born abroad across England’s towns arrived in 2017 or later, here the share is 18%. 98% of residents have English as their main language.
Only 90% of residents describe themselves as White British in Littlebourne
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: 90% of Littlebourne · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Little separates the share of residents with no religion here, 37%, from the figure across England’s towns. For residents who describe themselves as White British, the comparison across England’s towns is 73%. The groups that follow White British are Other White (5.1%), Mixed or multiple (2.8%) and African (1.1%).
Littlebourne sits below 80% of UK towns for adults who have never married (28%)
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
In Littlebourne, just over one in ten residents give unpaid care, beside 8.7% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
38% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 38% of adults in Littlebourne, 34% across England’s towns; 16% have no qualification, against 18%.
Older than Littlebourne: 2 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Littlebourne | 1,596 | — | 49.4 | 28% | 26% |
| Wingham | 1,313 | 2.2 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 25% |
| Sturry | 4,857 | 2.6 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 27% |
| Hersden | 2,118 | 2.7 mi | 34.5 | 13% | 40% |
| Bridge | 1,539 | 2.7 mi | 52.6 | 32% | 25% |
| Aylesham | 5,788 | 3.6 mi | 33.2 | 12% | 40% |
| Canterbury | 55,107 | 3.7 mi | 27.5 | 13% | 24% |
| Ash (Dover) | 2,529 | 4.9 mi | 48.4 | 25% | 26% |
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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 Littlebourne’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 Littlebourne’s residents
What is the population of Littlebourne?
The 2021 Census counted 1,596 people in Littlebourne’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Littlebourne?
The median age was 49.4 at the 2021 Census. 7.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Littlebourne?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Littlebourne?
37% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Littlebourne good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Littlebourne’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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