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54.3Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

A median age of 54.3: Sibertswold is older than 96% of UK towns

The share of households in flats is 0.5%, against 23% across England’s towns. Households with dependent children are rarer here than in 87% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put Sibertswold’s population at 1,619, in 675 households. Here, 6.5% of households have no car or van.

32%aged 65 or over 6.9%born abroad 675households

What stands out · In brief

What the Census says about Sibertswold’s people

54.3median age, older than 96% of UK towns 12%of residents give unpaid care; England’s towns 8.7%

Older than most towns

Half of Sibertswold’s residents are under 54.3 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 32% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓

Many carers

182 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 12% of those 5 and over: more than in 94% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓

Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).

Ages

Sibertswold sits above 93% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (32%)

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

SibertswoldEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 9.2% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over. In Sibertswold, 7.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1514%

15 to 247.8%

25 to 4417%

45 to 6429%

65 and over32%

SibertswoldKent’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

Sibertswold

England

WomenMen

About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

Below 77% of UK towns: 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier

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

Full-time students4.4%

Higher managerial and professional14%

Lower managerial and professional28%

Intermediate13%

Small employers and self-employed13%

Supervisory and technical5.4%

Semi-routine8.6%

Routine6.7%

Never worked or long-term unemployed5.2%

SibertswoldKent’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Sibertswold

7.5%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

120

residents, 7.5%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.3× England’s share

43% of Sibertswold’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 15% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The benchmark for residents who moved in within the year across England’s towns: 11%. In Sibertswold, 4.4% of adults are full-time students.

Households

Only 25% of households are one person living alone in Sibertswold

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 15%Living alone, under 66 9.3%Families with dependent children 23%Couples and families, no young children 49%Shared houses and other 3.6%

Against Kent’s towns and England’s towns

Sibertswold

Kent’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person25%

2 people43%

3 people14%

4 people12%

5 or more6%

England’s towns.

There is little gap on shared households of unrelated adults: 3.6%, about the same as across England’s towns. The benchmark for one-person households across England’s towns: 30%. Households here average 2.3 people each.

Homes & cars

More households in detached houses than 95% of UK towns: 58%

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Sibertswold

Kent’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van6.5%

One39%

Two36%

Three or more19%

SibertswoldKent’s townsEngland’s towns

One in ten households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. The usual figure: just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.

Where people were born

In Sibertswold, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 85% 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%

Sibertswold

6.8%

Kent’s towns

13%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

When those born abroad arrived

SibertswoldEngland’s towns

Before 19711971–801981–901991–20002001–102011–132014–162017–192020–21

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language99%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well1%

Another main language, little or no English0.1%

SibertswoldKent’s townsEngland’s towns

In Sibertswold, 6.9% of residents were born outside the UK, beside 18% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.2%).

Ethnicity & religion

A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 94% of UK towns, at 60%

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

SibertswoldKent’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White4.3%

Asian1%

Mixed0.5%

Black0.3%

Other0.2%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 94% of Sibertswold · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

SibertswoldKent’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion32%

Christian60%

Muslim0.1%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.5%

Other religion0.1%

Didn’t answer6.9%

0%35%70%

The share of residents who describe themselves as White British tops 64% of UK towns: 94%. Across Sibertswold, 32% of residents said they have no religion. Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 46% across England’s towns.

Relationships & caring

22% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 98% 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

Never married or in a civil partnership22%

Married or civil partnership58%

Separated1.1%

Divorced9.3%

Widowed9.5%

SibertswoldKent’s townsEngland’s towns

182residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 12%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week5.8%

20 to 49 hours1.6%

50 hours or more4.2%

With married adults and civil partners at 58%, Sibertswold is ahead of 96% of UK towns on that count. Across the comparison, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. On the census count, just over one in ten residents give unpaid care.

Qualifications

33% of adults have qualifications at degree level

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications15%

Apprenticeship5.6%

A levels or similar18%

Degree level33%

SibertswoldKent’s townsEngland’s towns

Degree-level qualifications cover 33% of adults in Sibertswold, 34% across England’s towns; 15% have no qualification, against 18%.

Neighbours

No nearby town is as old as Sibertswold

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

EythorneAyleshamWhitfieldDoverGustonEastryWinghamSibertswold

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Sibertswold	1,619	—	54.3	32%	23%
Eythorne	1,487	1.7 mi	51.6	25%	22%
Aylesham	5,788	3.1 mi	33.2	12%	40%
Whitfield	6,509	3.4 mi	44.7	24%	28%
Dover	36,349	4.7 mi	40	18%	28%
Guston	1,684	5 mi	25.5	6.9%	49%
Eastry	2,388	5.1 mi	51	28%	24%
Wingham	1,313	5.8 mi	49.5	27%	25%

More about Sibertswold’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

Health C⁺Life expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commute B⁻Income, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of living C⁻Owners and renters, prices, rents and council tax Schools A⁺Every primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Sibertswold’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 Sibertswold’s residents

What is the population of Sibertswold?

The 2021 Census counted 1,619 people in Sibertswold’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Sibertswold?

The median age was 54.3 at the 2021 Census. 7.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Sibertswold?

94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 6.9% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Sibertswold?

32% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.9% didn’t answer.

Is Sibertswold good for families?

23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Sibertswold’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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