Photo: Cockney Laurie · CC BY-SA 2.0Lympne is older than 93% of UK towns: a median age of 52.7
Just over a fifth of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. Still, at 71%, the share of households in detached houses is higher than in 99% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 1,074 residents and 453 households in Lympne. The share of households in terraced houses stands at 8.1%.
What the Census says about Lympne’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Lympne’s residents are under 52.7 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 28% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Many carers
117 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 11% of those 5 and over: more than in 92% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Residents aged 65 and over make up 28% in Lympne, more than in 84% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 78% of UK towns: 8.9%. On average, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 94% of UK towns: 3.5% of adults are full-time students
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%.
37% of Lympne’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 17% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. At 7.2%, the share of residents who moved in within the year is lower than in just over four fifths of UK towns. Measured more widely, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
One-person households: 25%, a lower share than 84% 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.
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Lympne, 2.3. Compared with other places, shared households of unrelated adults are common here: 3.1%, more than in 79% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Households without a car or van make up 7.5% in Lympne, less than in 94% 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
23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, against 4.8% in Lympne. In one household in 13 there is no car or van.
Lympne sits above 82% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (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
Born outside the UK: 4.3% of residents, against 18% across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.3%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.1%). The share of residents whose main language is English across England’s towns is 90%.
More residents who describe themselves as White British than 93% of UK towns: 97%
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: 97% of Lympne · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (2%), Mixed or multiple (0.5%) and Caribbean (0.3%). Against that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. 59% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 93% of UK towns. By contrast, with residents with no religion at 34%, Lympne is behind 84% of UK towns on that count.
Above 97% of UK towns: 59% of adults are married or in a civil partnership
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
Just over one in ten residents give unpaid care (England’s towns: 8.7%). In Lympne, nearly a quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
34% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Lympne, 34%, and 14% have none, against 18%.
4 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Lympne
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lympne | 1,074 | — | 52.7 | 28% | 22% |
| Hythe | 14,613 | 2.6 mi | 55.5 | 35% | 19% |
| Dymchurch | 3,097 | 3.3 mi | 59.2 | 39% | 15% |
| Aldington | 1,280 | 3.7 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 33% |
| Brabourne Lees | 1,479 | 3.9 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 24% |
| Lyminge | 1,918 | 4.3 mi | 55.1 | 37% | 21% |
| St Mary's Bay | 2,966 | 5.1 mi | 60.8 | 42% | 13% |
| Folkestone | 51,987 | 6.1 mi | 41.3 | 19% | 27% |
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 Lympne’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 Lympne’s residents
What is the population of Lympne?
The 2021 Census counted 1,074 people in Lympne’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lympne?
The median age was 52.7 at the 2021 Census. 8.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lympne?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 4.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lympne?
34% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Lympne good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lympne’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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