Photo: Oast House Archive · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Lynsted is over 53.2, older than 94% of UK towns
The share of one-person households trails 99% of UK towns: 17%. Locally, 4.8% of households have no car or van. Adults who have never married are rarer here than in 97% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 317 people lived in Lynsted, in 129 households.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 86% of UK towns, at 28%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.5%, Lynsted is behind 60% of UK towns on that count. As a yardstick, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
6.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 96% 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%.
40% of Lynsted’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 16% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, residents who moved in within the year come to 11%. Here, 4.8% of adults are full-time students.
Lynsted: 7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, above 98% 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 2.5 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. Here, 26% of households have dependent children.
61% of households live in a detached house, a share 97% of UK towns don’t reach
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
The share of households in terraced houses trails 86% of UK towns: 11%. Across England’s towns, households in detached houses come to 21%. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.
In Lynsted, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 78% 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
In Lynsted, 5.1% of residents were born outside the UK, beside 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 (1.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.3%).
In Lynsted, 59% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 91% 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 Lynsted · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
On residents with no religion, 37% here is much the same as across England’s towns. Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (3.2%), Mixed or multiple (2.9%) and Chinese (0.6%). 92% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 52% of UK towns. Against that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
A larger share of unpaid carers than 99% of UK towns: 14%
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
11 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Typically, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Compared with other places, married adults and civil partners are common here: 62%, more than in 99% of UK towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 35%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 35% of adults in Lynsted, 34% across England’s towns; 14% have no qualification, against 18%.
Lynsted is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynsted | 317 | — | 53.2 | 28% | 26% |
| Teynham | 3,128 | 1.5 mi | 39.7 | 20% | 30% |
| Sittingbourne | 54,385 | 3 mi | 38.6 | 17% | 33% |
| Faversham | 20,941 | 4.3 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 28% |
| Iwade | 4,533 | 5.1 mi | 36.1 | 11% | 45% |
| Newington | 2,691 | 5.9 mi | 39.1 | 19% | 30% |
| Eastchurch | 3,381 | 6.4 mi | 36.3 | 9.2% | 32% |
| Lenham and Harrietsham | 4,763 | 6.5 mi | 43.5 | 24% | 29% |
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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 Lynsted’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 Lynsted’s residents
What is the population of Lynsted?
The 2021 Census counted 317 people in Lynsted’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lynsted?
The median age was 53.2 at the 2021 Census. 9.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lynsted?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 5.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lynsted?
37% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.3% were Muslim and 1.3% didn’t answer.
Is Lynsted good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lynsted’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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