Photo: Malc McDonald · CC BY-SA 2.0Younger than 87% of UK towns: half of Snodland is under 38.6
Across England’s towns, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house; in Snodland, 9.2%. Locally, 36% of households live in a terraced house. This Kent town has more households with dependent children than 81% of UK towns, at 31%. Census day 2021: 11,820 residents and 4,934 households in the town.
What the Census says about Snodland’s people
Younger than most towns
Half of Snodland’s residents are under 38.6 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 9.8% are 15 to 24 and 16% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
More with no religion than most
49% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 44% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Growing faster than most
ONS mid-year estimates put Snodland at 10,300 in 2011 and 12,200 in 2024, up 19%, against 10% for England: faster growth than in 84% 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.
From 2011 to 2024, Snodland outgrew 84% of UK towns: +19%
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Snodland’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 10,300 people in 2011; 12,200 in 2024.
Split by age, the 65 and over changed most (+34%) and the 16 to 29 least (−6%). The largest rise in a single year came from mid-2015 to mid-2016: 290 people.
Residents aged 65 and over: 16%, a lower share than 89% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 30–34 than any other five-year age: 8.2% of residents. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 are more common here than in just over half of UK towns. In St Mary's Bay, the oldest of Kent’s towns by this measure, it is 42%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Snodland, 38.6. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
3.8% of adults are full-time students, below 90% 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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Snodland, 30% and 27%. On average, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year account for 8.1%.
Bigger households than 74% of UK towns: 2.4 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.
2.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, against 4.3% across England’s towns. For Snodland, the census puts one-person households at 29%.
16% of households live in a flat, more than in 74% 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
By its share of households without a car or van (14%), Snodland is below three fifths of UK towns. Across England’s towns, households in flats come to 23%.
6.7% of residents were born outside the UK, more than in 53% 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
The newest arrivals, from 2017 or later, are 13% of those born abroad (against 21% across England’s towns). Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (3.2%) and in Africa (1.3%). Few places have so few residents whose main language is English: 98% here, fewer than in 54% of UK towns.
Snodland sits above 90% of UK towns for residents with no religion (49%)
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: 90% of Snodland · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46%; Snodland has 44%. Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (4.4%), Mixed or multiple (2%) and African (0.9%). Residents who describe themselves as White British are rarer here than in 63% of UK towns. The usual figure: 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
Adults who have never married make up 37% in Snodland, more than in 78% 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
Nothing unusual on unpaid carers: 8.5%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Adults who have never married make up 39% across England’s towns. Across Snodland, 43% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 22%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Snodland, 22%, and 19% have none, against 18%.
30th youngest of 432 UK towns of 8,000 to 16,000 people
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 25 in Aberystwyth to 60.4 in Sidmouth. Nearest to Snodland in age: Bursledon (38.5), Littleport (38.6), Whiteley (38.6) and Brynteg (38.6).
Older than Snodland: 6 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snodland | 11,820 | — | 38.6 | 16% | 31% |
| Halling | 2,926 | 1.8 mi | 37.8 | 13% | 35% |
| Eccles | 1,706 | 1.8 mi | 39.4 | 16% | 31% |
| Burham | 1,293 | 1.9 mi | 48.8 | 24% | 23% |
| Larkfield | 26,147 | 2 mi | 42 | 20% | 32% |
| West Malling | 4,251 | 2.5 mi | 39.1 | 19% | 31% |
| Cuxton | 3,039 | 3.2 mi | 48.2 | 26% | 27% |
| Vigo Village | 2,005 | 3.4 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 33% |
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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 Snodland’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. Snodland’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 11,820 people in 2021, against 11,820 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 Snodland’s residents
What is the population of Snodland?
The 2021 Census counted 11,820 people in Snodland’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 12,200 people in mid-2024, 19% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Snodland?
The median age was 38.6 at the 2021 Census, younger than 87% of UK towns. 9.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 16% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Snodland?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 6.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Snodland?
49% said they had no religion and 44% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 4.9% didn’t answer.
Is Snodland good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Snodland’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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