Photo: John Fielding from Norwich, UK · CC BY 2.0Ramsgate: 29% of households have no car or van, above 94% of UK towns
Where 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, Ramsgate has 12%. Few places have so few married adults and civil partners: 38% here, fewer than in 95% of UK towns. The town is home to 42,031 residents in 18,593 households, by the 2021 Census. Census figures put residents who describe themselves as White British at 88% here.
What the Census says about Ramsgate’s people
More with no religion than most
49% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 42% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
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.
From 2011 to 2024, 59% of UK towns grew faster than Ramsgate: +6%
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Ramsgate’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 40,500 people in 2011; 42,800 in 2024.
Growth was strongest among the 65 and over (+20%) and weakest among the 16 to 29 (−7%). No year added more people than mid-2023 to mid-2024: 670.
Ramsgate is younger than 69% of UK towns: a median age of 42
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 18%; Ramsgate has 20%. Locally, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Ramsgate, 42. 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.
A student town: 5.6% of adults study full-time
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%.
The figure for residents who moved in within the year is 9.6% in Ramsgate and 11% across England’s towns. The benchmark for full-time students across England’s towns: 7.9%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
In Ramsgate, 35% of households are one person living alone, more than in 86% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 3.7%. On average, 2.2 people share a household. Households with dependent children are more common here than in 56% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 30% of households are one person living alone.
Households in flats make up 28% in Ramsgate, more than in 94% of UK towns
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
Terraced houses are home to 30% of households, against 24% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK make up 9.1% in Ramsgate, more than in 70% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%; Ramsgate has 96%. To put it in context, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (4.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.8%).
49% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 91% 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: 88% of Ramsgate · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Muslims make up 1.2% of residents. The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 37% across England’s towns. Few places have so few residents who describe themselves as Christian: 42% here, fewer than in 88% of UK towns.
Ramsgate: 10% of residents give unpaid care, above 79% 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
On adults who have never married, 39% here is much the same as across England’s towns. The usual figure: 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 1,550.
Degree-level qualifications: 25% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Ramsgate, 25% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 22% have no qualification at all (18%).
From a median age of 37 in Newington to 52 in Nethercourt, Pegwell & Cliffsend
The town’s 6 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Nethercourt, Pegwell & Cliffsend is the oldest area, with 32% aged 65 or over; Newington the youngest (median age 37). Families with children are most common in Newington (34% of households).
Among 176 UK towns of 29,000 to 57,000 people, the 80th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Canterbury (27.5) and the oldest Rustington (56.2). Nearest to Ramsgate in age: Llanelli (41.9), Eston (42), Port Talbot (42) and Cwmbrân (42.1).
The towns around Ramsgate are all 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramsgate | 42,031 | — | 42 | 20% | 28% |
| Broadstairs | 25,780 | 1.7 mi | 50.4 | 29% | 24% |
| Cliffs End | 1,284 | 2 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 24% |
| Margate | 63,315 | 3.5 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 26% |
| Minster (Thanet) | 4,739 | 4 mi | 49 | 27% | 25% |
| Sandwich | 4,258 | 5.7 mi | 54 | 33% | 19% |
| Ash (Dover) | 2,529 | 7 mi | 48.4 | 25% | 26% |
| Eastry | 2,388 | 7.8 mi | 51 | 28% | 24% |
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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 Ramsgate’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. Ramsgate’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 41,901 people in 2021, against 42,031 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 Ramsgate’s residents
What is the population of Ramsgate?
The 2021 Census counted 42,031 people in Ramsgate’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 42,800 people in mid-2024, 6% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Ramsgate?
The median age was 42 at the 2021 Census, younger than 69% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ramsgate?
88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 9.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ramsgate?
49% said they had no religion and 42% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.2% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Ramsgate good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Newington (34% of households). Schools are on Ramsgate’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 · House of Commons Library MSOA names. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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