Photo: Glyn Baker · CC BY-SA 2.0Shorne is older than 97% of UK towns: a median age of 54.9
21% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, against 39% across England’s towns. The census found that 8.4% of households have no car or van in Shorne. Households with dependent children are rarer here than in 91% of UK towns. The village is home to 1,038 residents in 453 households, by the 2021 Census.
What the Census says about Shorne’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Shorne’s residents are under 54.9 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 34% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Shorne sits above 96% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (34%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns, against 9% in Shorne. Typically, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
3.8% of adults are full-time students, below 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 account for 43% of Shorne’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 14%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns. For Shorne, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 6.3%.
27% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 72% 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 4.3% across England’s towns, 2.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home here. Average household size: 2.3 people. Across England’s towns, one-person households come to 30%.
66% of households live in a detached house, more than in 98% 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
10% of households live in a terraced house; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. Across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses is 21%. Here, 4.8% of households live in a flat or apartment.
More residents born outside the UK than 64% of UK towns: 8.1%
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
Compared with 90% across England’s towns, 98% of residents have English as their main language here. Residents born outside the UK make up 18% across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Middle East and Asia (3.1%) and in EU countries (2.5%).
A smaller share of residents with no religion than 97% of UK towns: 26%
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 Shorne · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
87% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 73% across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as Christian account for 59%. On average, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
Married adults and civil partners make up 63% in Shorne, more than in 99% 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
With unpaid carers at 9.8%, Shorne is ahead of 62% of UK towns on that count. The usual figure: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. 29 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
Qualified to degree level: 35% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 35% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 16% hold no qualification (18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Shorne
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shorne | 1,038 | — | 54.9 | 34% | 21% |
| Higham | 2,642 | 1.3 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 26% |
| Cuxton | 3,039 | 2.6 mi | 48.2 | 26% | 27% |
| Gravesend | 58,105 | 2.6 mi | 38.3 | 16% | 34% |
| Rochester | 67,279 | 3.2 mi | 38.8 | 16% | 32% |
| Cliffe Woods | 2,689 | 3.3 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 31% |
| Istead Rise | 3,398 | 3.6 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 25% |
| Halling | 2,926 | 3.8 mi | 37.8 | 13% | 35% |
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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 Shorne’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 Shorne’s residents
What is the population of Shorne?
The 2021 Census counted 1,038 people in Shorne’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Shorne?
The median age was 54.9 at the 2021 Census. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 34% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Shorne?
87% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 8.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Shorne?
26% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.3% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Shorne good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Shorne’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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