Photo: Nick Smith · CC BY-SA 2.019% of households have dependent children, below 96% of UK towns
The figure for residents with no religion is 29% in Nonington and 37% across England’s towns. The village had 921 residents and 324 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 47.6. Unpaid carers: 17% of the total. More residents aged 65 and over than in 77% of UK towns: 26%.
8.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 78% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 55–59: nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. The wider picture: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. With a median age of 47.6, Nonington is older than 72% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students make up 3.9% in Nonington, less than in 88% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 31% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 18% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Higher than in 86% of UK towns: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students.
2.1 people per household, fewer than in 88% 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.
Compared with 30% across England’s towns, 31% of households are one person living alone here. Nonington has more shared households of unrelated adults than 89% of UK towns, at 3.7%.
A lower share of households in terraced houses than 80% of UK towns, at 13%
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
41% of households live in a detached house; across England’s towns the figure is 21%. The comparison figure for households in terraced houses is 24% across England’s towns. On the census count, 14% of households live in a flat or apartment. Lower than in 78% of UK towns: 11% of households have no car or van.
Above 93% of UK towns: 21% of residents were born outside the UK
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
With residents whose main language is English at 98%, Nonington is ahead of 58% of UK towns on that count. The share of residents born outside the UK across England’s towns is 18%. Residents born abroad were most often born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (17%), then in EU countries (2.4%).
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 63%, a higher share than 98% 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: 87% of Nonington · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (11%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and Chinese (0.2%). By way of comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. 87% of residents describe themselves as White British, fewer than in 75% of UK towns.
Only 28% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Nonington
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
Set against 44% across England’s towns, 53% of adults are married or in a civil partnership in Nonington. Across the comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 29 residents.
Qualified to degree level: 35% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 35% of adults in Nonington (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 14% (England’s towns: 18%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 6 are older than Nonington
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonington | 921 | — | 47.6 | 26% | 19% |
| Aylesham | 5,788 | 1.7 mi | 33.2 | 12% | 40% |
| Eythorne | 1,487 | 2.3 mi | 51.6 | 25% | 22% |
| Sibertswold | 1,619 | 2.7 mi | 54.3 | 32% | 23% |
| Eastry | 2,388 | 3.1 mi | 51 | 28% | 24% |
| Wingham | 1,313 | 3.3 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 25% |
| Ash (Dover) | 2,529 | 4 mi | 48.4 | 25% | 26% |
| Littlebourne | 1,596 | 4.7 mi | 49.4 | 28% | 26% |
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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 Nonington’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 Nonington’s residents
What is the population of Nonington?
The 2021 Census counted 921 people in Nonington’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Nonington?
The median age was 47.6 at the 2021 Census. 8.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Nonington?
87% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 21% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Nonington?
29% said they had no religion and 63% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Nonington good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Nonington’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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