Photo: Marathon · CC BY-SA 2.0Households without a car or van: 7.1%, a lower share than 95% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children; in Lower Upnor, 24%. Locally, 32% of households live in a terraced house. With a median age of 47.8, Lower Upnor is older than 73% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 837 residents and 368 households locally.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, a higher share than 75% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. The census found that nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over in Lower Upnor. By way of comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 74% of UK towns: 7.6%
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%.
In Lower Upnor, 43% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 16% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. On full-time students, Lower Upnor sits lower than 55% of UK towns: 4.7%. The usual figure: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
A larger share of shared households of unrelated adults than 76% of UK towns: 3%
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.
One-person households: 28% here and 30% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
Households in flats: 14%, a higher share than 64% 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
Set against 21% across England’s towns, a quarter of households live in a detached house in Lower Upnor. Measured more widely, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
In Lower Upnor, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 94% of UK towns
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
The share of residents born outside the UK is 5.3%, against 18% across England’s towns. The benchmark for residents whose main language is English across England’s towns: 90%. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.4%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.3%).
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 52% in Lower Upnor, more than in 66% of UK towns
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: 92% of Lower Upnor · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Indian (2.8%), Other White (1.9%) and African (1.2%). Measured more widely, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. On residents with no religion, Lower Upnor sits lower than 57% of UK towns: 40%. Add to that, 92% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 82% across Kent’s towns and 73% across England’s towns.
Only 29% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Lower Upnor
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
Married people and civil partners make up just over half of adults, against 44% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are scarce here: 8.3%, fewer than in nearly four fifths of UK towns. To put it in context, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 22.
Among adults, 32% 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 Lower Upnor, 12%, while 32% hold one at degree level (34%).
1 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Lower Upnor
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Upnor | 837 | — | 47.8 | 19% | 24% |
| Chattenden | 2,417 | 0.7 mi | 34.1 | 11% | 43% |
| Hoo St Werburgh | 8,758 | 1.6 mi | 40.5 | 20% | 31% |
| Cliffe Woods | 2,689 | 2 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 31% |
| Rochester | 67,279 | 2.2 mi | 38.8 | 16% | 32% |
| Higham | 2,642 | 3 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 26% |
| High Halstow | 1,823 | 3.3 mi | 44.8 | 21% | 31% |
| Gillingham | 108,485 | 3.3 mi | 39.3 | 17% | 31% |
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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 Lower Upnor’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 Lower Upnor’s residents
What is the population of Lower Upnor?
The 2021 Census counted 837 people in Lower Upnor’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lower Upnor?
The median age was 47.8 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lower Upnor?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 5.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lower Upnor?
40% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 3.9% didn’t answer.
Is Lower Upnor good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lower Upnor’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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