Photo: Acabashi · CC BY-SA 4.0In Monkton, 5.2% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
29% of residents are 65 or over; across England’s towns the figure is 18%. Monkton counted 753 residents and 307 households at the 2021 Census. The census found that 61% of residents describe themselves as Christian locally. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 26%, fewer than in 80% of UK towns.
Older than 80% of UK towns: half of Monkton is over 49
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
70–74 is the most common age band: 8.6% of residents, 1.8 times the share across England’s towns. Monkton has more residents aged 15 to 24 than 91% of UK towns, at 12%.
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.
A larger share of full-time students than 73% of UK towns: 5.4%
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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Monkton has 36% and 21%. For full-time students, the comparison across England’s towns is 7.9%. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 9.3%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Households with dependent children: 25%, a lower share than 74% 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.
Households in Monkton hold 2.4 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). The comparison figure for households with dependent children is 29% across England’s towns. Across Monkton, 2.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Only 12% of households live in a terraced house in Monkton
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, 21% of households live in a detached house; in Monkton, 33%. Meanwhile, households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. To put it in context, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English: 100%, a higher share than 99% 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 Monkton, 5% of residents were born outside the UK, beside 18% across England’s towns. 100% of residents have English as their main language.
Monkton sits below 87% of UK towns for residents with no religion (33%)
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 Monkton · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
94% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 73% across England’s towns. Leading the other groups after White British: Mixed or multiple (3.4%), Other White (1.2%) and Arab (1.2%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 37%.
53% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 82% 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
26 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. On adults who have never married, Monkton sits lower than 81% of UK towns: 28%. The wider picture: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. There is little gap on unpaid carers: 9.4%, about the same as across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 27%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Monkton’s adults: 27% with a degree-level qualification and 18% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Around Monkton, 3 of 7 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monkton | 753 | — | 49 | 29% | 25% |
| Minster (Thanet) | 4,739 | 1.5 mi | 49 | 27% | 25% |
| Cliffs End | 1,284 | 3.7 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 24% |
| Ash (Dover) | 2,529 | 4 mi | 48.4 | 25% | 26% |
| Margate | 63,315 | 4.8 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 26% |
| Sandwich | 4,258 | 5.1 mi | 54 | 33% | 19% |
| Wingham | 1,313 | 5.4 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 25% |
| Ramsgate | 42,031 | 5.5 mi | 42 | 20% | 28% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Monkton’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 Monkton’s residents
What is the population of Monkton?
The 2021 Census counted 753 people in Monkton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Monkton?
The median age was 49 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Monkton?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Monkton?
33% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.2% were Muslim and 4.8% didn’t answer.
Is Monkton good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Monkton’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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