Photo: Chris Whippet · CC BY-SA 2.0Younger than 95% of UK towns: half of Queenborough is under 35.8
The share of households in detached houses trails 99% of UK towns: 4.1%. The 2021 Census put Queenborough’s population at 3,915, in 1,562 households. Locally, 48% of households live in a terraced house. On households with dependent children, Queenborough sits higher than 90% of UK towns: 33%.
What the Census says about Queenborough’s people
Younger than most towns
Half of Queenborough’s residents are under 35.8 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 11% are 15 to 24 and 16% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
More with no religion than most
52% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 42% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Growing faster than most
ONS mid-year estimates put Queenborough at 3,100 in 2011 and 3,700 in 2024, up 20%, against 10% for England: faster growth than in 86% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Growth of +20% since 2011 puts Queenborough ahead of 86% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Queenborough’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 3,100 people in 2011; 3,700 in 2024.
Between mid-2018 and mid-2019 the population rose by 190, its biggest one-year gain. By age, the 30 to 44 group changed most (+54%) and the 16 to 29 group least (+4%).
Residents aged 65 and over make up 16% in Queenborough, less than in 87% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 5–9 than any other five-year age: 8.1% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Typically, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 11%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Queenborough, 35.8. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 96% of UK towns: 6.1%
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 18% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 36% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Across Queenborough, 4.6% of adults are full-time students. The usual figure: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Bigger households than 93% of UK towns: 2.5 people each on average
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.
Nothing unusual on shared households of unrelated adults: 3.7%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Across Queenborough, 27% of households are one person living alone.
Few flats: only 6.4% of households in Queenborough live in one
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
20% of households have no car or van; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. Households in flats make up 23% across England’s towns.
Below 62% of UK towns: 5.2% 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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (3%) and in Africa (0.8%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%. Fewer residents whose main language is English than in 58% of UK towns: 97%. Arrivals from 2017 on account for one in ten residents born abroad, beside 21% across England’s towns.
Above 96% of UK towns: 52% of residents said they have no religion
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: 93% of Queenborough · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
42% of residents describe themselves as Christian, against 46% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. In Queenborough, 93% of residents describe themselves as White British.
Queenborough ranks below 96% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 37%
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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 176 residents. The wider picture: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. On adults who have never married, Queenborough sits higher than 94% of UK towns: 42%. Just over one in ten residents give unpaid care, against 8.7% across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications reach 15% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Queenborough’s adults: 15% with a degree-level qualification and 29% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
530 UK towns of 3,000 to 5,000 people: this is the 21st youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Bailrigg (18.9), the youngest, and Milford on Sea (64.6), the oldest. Nearest to Queenborough in age: Norton Fitzwarren (35.7), Easington Lane (35.8), Backworth (36) and Dickens Heath (36).
Of the 7 towns nearest Queenborough, 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queenborough | 3,915 | — | 35.8 | 16% | 33% |
| Halfway Houses | 4,396 | 1.1 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 26% |
| Sheerness | 13,253 | 1.6 mi | 34.5 | 13% | 35% |
| Minster (Swale) | 16,735 | 2.3 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 27% |
| Iwade | 4,533 | 2.8 mi | 36.1 | 11% | 45% |
| Grain | 1,728 | 3.2 mi | 41.4 | 18% | 32% |
| Lower Halstow | 1,210 | 4.6 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 26% |
| Eastchurch | 3,381 | 4.7 mi | 36.3 | 9.2% | 32% |
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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 Queenborough’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. Queenborough’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 3,537 people in 2021, against 3,915 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 Queenborough’s residents
What is the population of Queenborough?
The 2021 Census counted 3,915 people in Queenborough’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 3,700 people in mid-2024, 20% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Queenborough?
The median age was 35.8 at the 2021 Census, younger than 95% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 16% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Queenborough?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 5.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Queenborough?
52% said they had no religion and 42% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.
Is Queenborough good for families?
33% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Queenborough’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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