Photo: Chris Whippet · CC BY-SA 2.0Mud Row is older than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 58.9
Across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children is 29%; Mud Row has 8.5%. There were 258 households here at the 2021 Census, home to 519 residents. Households in terraced houses account for 4.6%. On one-person households, Mud Row sits higher than 98% of UK towns: 40%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 98% of UK towns, at 37%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
6.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 99% of UK towns: 2.1% 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%.
In Mud Row, 19% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 31% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year: just over a tenth of the total.
1.9 people per household, fewer than in 99% 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.
Little separates the share of shared households of unrelated adults here, 5%, from the figure across England’s towns.
A lower share of households in flats than 85% of UK towns, at 4.6%
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
With households in detached houses at 39%, Mud Row is ahead of 74% of UK towns on that count. The village has fewer households without a car or van than 83% of UK towns, at 9.9%. To put it in context, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
3.3% born outside the UK, fewer than in 87% 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
The share of residents whose main language is English is 99%, against 90% across England’s towns. The benchmark for residents born outside the UK across England’s towns: 18%. The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%).
More residents who describe themselves as White British than 79% of UK towns: 95%
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 Mud Row · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (4.2%), Mixed or multiple (0.4%) and Indian (0.2%). Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as Christian: 52% here, more than in 64% of UK towns. For comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. 38% of residents said they have no religion, against 37% across England’s towns.
Mud Row sits above 99% of UK towns for unpaid carers (13%)
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
Nearly a quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership; across England’s towns the figure is 39%. Lower than in 58% of UK towns: 47% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Measured more widely, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
Qualified to degree level: 16% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Mud Row, 38%, while 16% hold one at degree level (34%).
The towns around Mud Row are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mud Row | 519 | — | 58.9 | 37% | 8.5% |
| Eastchurch | 3,381 | 1.3 mi | 36.3 | 9.2% | 32% |
| Warden | 1,817 | 1.9 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 32% |
| Minster (Swale) | 16,735 | 2.5 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 27% |
| Halfway Houses | 4,396 | 3.8 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 26% |
| Sheerness | 13,253 | 4.5 mi | 34.5 | 13% | 35% |
| Queenborough | 3,915 | 4.8 mi | 35.8 | 16% | 33% |
| Teynham | 3,128 | 6.1 mi | 39.7 | 20% | 30% |
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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 Mud Row’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 Mud Row’s residents
What is the population of Mud Row?
The 2021 Census counted 519 people in Mud Row’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Mud Row?
The median age was 58.9 at the 2021 Census. 6.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 37% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Mud Row?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 3.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Mud Row?
38% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 9.3% didn’t answer.
Is Mud Row good for families?
8.5% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Mud Row’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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