Photo: Rod Grealish · CC BY-SA 2.0Minster (Thanet) is older than 80% of UK towns: a median age of 49
The share of households in terraced houses trails 67% of UK towns: 16%. The 2021 Census put Minster (Thanet)’s population at 4,739, in 2,052 households. Locally, 28% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. Compared with other places, households with dependent children are scarce here: 25%, fewer than in 69% of UK towns.
+15% since 2011, a pace 75% of UK towns didn’t match
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Minster (Thanet)’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 4,100 people in 2011; 4,700 in 2024.
No year added more people than mid-2017 to mid-2018: 130. By age, the 65 and over group changed most (+27%) and the 0 to 15 group least (+9%).
8.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 82% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 27% in Minster (Thanet) and 18% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Minster (Thanet), 49. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
A lower share of full-time students than 76% of UK towns, at 4.2%
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%.
Here one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier, where the figure across England’s towns is 11%. Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Fewer people live alone than in 73% of UK towns: 27% of households
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.
Households average 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. The wider picture: 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Locally, 3.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Fewer flats than 66% of UK towns: 8.1% of households
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
Against a figure of 21% across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses in Minster (Thanet) comes in at 34%. The usual figure: 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. The census found that 13% of households have no car or van in the town.
99% of residents have English as their main language, a share 74% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Among those born abroad, the share arriving in 2017 or later is 8% (England’s towns: 21%). Fewer residents born outside the UK than in two thirds of UK towns: 4.7%. As a reference point, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.9%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.2%).
Minster (Thanet) ranks above 67% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 52%
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: 94% of Minster (Thanet) · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 94%, against 73% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46% across England’s towns. Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (2.2%), Mixed or multiple (1.8%) and Indian (0.4%). Few places have so few residents with no religion: 40% here, fewer than in 56% of UK towns.
In Minster (Thanet), 51% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 67% 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
The share of unpaid carers is 10%, against 8.7% across England’s towns. On average, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 164.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 25%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 25% of adults in Minster (Thanet) (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 20% (England’s towns: 18%).
Among 695 UK towns of 3,000 to 6,000 people, the 216th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 18.9 in Bailrigg to 64.7 in Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe. Nearest to Minster (Thanet) in age: Stalham (49), Kennington (49), Upper Beeding (49) and Laceby (49.1).
Of the 7 towns nearest Minster (Thanet), 4 are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minster (Thanet) | 4,739 | — | 49 | 27% | 25% |
| Cliffs End | 1,284 | 2.4 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 24% |
| Margate | 63,315 | 3.6 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 26% |
| Ramsgate | 42,031 | 4 mi | 42 | 20% | 28% |
| Ash (Dover) | 2,529 | 4.6 mi | 48.4 | 25% | 26% |
| Sandwich | 4,258 | 4.8 mi | 54 | 33% | 19% |
| Broadstairs | 25,780 | 4.9 mi | 50.4 | 29% | 24% |
| Eastry | 2,388 | 6.5 mi | 51 | 28% | 24% |
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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 Minster (Thanet)’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Minster (Thanet)’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 4,674 people in 2021, against 4,739 in the built-up area.
- 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 Minster (Thanet)’s residents
What is the population of Minster (Thanet)?
The 2021 Census counted 4,739 people in Minster (Thanet)’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 4,700 people in mid-2024, 15% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Minster (Thanet)?
The median age was 49 at the 2021 Census, older than 80% of UK towns. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Minster (Thanet)?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 4.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Minster (Thanet)?
40% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Minster (Thanet) good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Minster (Thanet)’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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