Photo: Peter Turner · CC BY-SA 2.0Lyminge is older than 97% of UK towns: a median age of 55.1
Against a figure of 46% across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian in Lyminge comes in at 59%. There were 892 households in the village at the 2021 Census, home to 1,918 residents. Locally, 56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Compared with other places, households in terraced houses are scarce here: 11%, fewer than in 87% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Lyminge’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Lyminge’s residents are under 55.1 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 37% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Many carers
220 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 12% of those 5 and over: more than in 96% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
37% of Lyminge is 65 or over, a higher share than 98% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns, against 6.6% in Lyminge. The usual figure: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
3.5% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 94% of UK towns
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 account for 40% of Lyminge’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 17%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The benchmark for full-time students across England’s towns: 7.9%. Residents who moved in within the year account for 6.3%.
Households with dependent children make up 21% in Lyminge, less than in 92% of UK towns
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.
The typical household size is 2.2 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Typically, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. In Lyminge, nearly a third of households are one person living alone. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 55% of UK towns.
Lyminge: 42% of households live in a detached house, above 79% 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
Across England’s towns, the share of households in flats is 23%; Lyminge has 9.4%. 15% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 53% of UK towns. As a reference point, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
More residents whose main language is English than 85% of UK towns: 99%
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
In Lyminge, 5.2% of residents were born outside the UK, beside 18% across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2.3%), then in the Middle East and Asia (1%). Across the comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Residents with no religion make up 34% in Lyminge, less than in 85% 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: 95% of Lyminge · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
95% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 82% across Kent’s towns and 73% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (2.8%), Mixed or multiple (0.7%) and Indian (0.6%).
In Lyminge, 22% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
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
Across England’s towns, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care; in Lyminge, 12%. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 58. As a reference point, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 32%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 32% of Lyminge’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 17% have no qualification (18%).
Lyminge sits below 2 of its 7 closest neighbours on median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyminge | 1,918 | — | 55.1 | 37% | 21% |
| Hawkinge | 8,499 | 3.5 mi | 41.1 | 18% | 37% |
| Hythe | 14,613 | 4 mi | 55.5 | 35% | 19% |
| Lympne | 1,074 | 4.3 mi | 52.7 | 28% | 22% |
| Folkestone | 51,987 | 4.6 mi | 41.3 | 19% | 27% |
| Brabourne Lees | 1,479 | 4.7 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 24% |
| Capel-le-Ferne | 1,962 | 5.9 mi | 59.8 | 40% | 14% |
| Aldington | 1,280 | 6.6 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 33% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Lyminge’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 Lyminge’s residents
What is the population of Lyminge?
The 2021 Census counted 1,918 people in Lyminge’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lyminge?
The median age was 55.1 at the 2021 Census. 6.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 37% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lyminge?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 5.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lyminge?
34% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Lyminge good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lyminge’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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