Photo: Nick Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0St Nicholas at Wade is older than 90% of UK towns: a median age of 51.1
Set against 39% across England’s towns, 25% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in St Nicholas at Wade. Still, at 56%, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is higher than in 85% of UK towns. The village had 731 residents in 331 households at the 2021 Census. Just over a fifth of households have dependent children.
26% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 76% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Here 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across England’s towns is 12%. Against that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
St Nicholas at Wade: 6.1% of adults are full-time students, above 85% 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%.
Little separates the share of residents who moved in within the year here, 11%, from the figure across England’s towns. For full-time students, the comparison across England’s towns is 7.9%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
34% of households are one person living alone, more than in 79% 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.
Across England’s towns, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; in St Nicholas at Wade, 1.8%. The share of one-person households across England’s towns is 30%. Average household size: 2.2 people.
Households in terraced houses: 15%, a lower share than 72% 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
Households in detached houses: 34%, above 64% of UK towns. The wider picture: 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns. The share of households without a car or van stands at 14%.
99% of residents have English as their main language, a share 92% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.5%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.4%). Across England’s towns, 90% of residents have English as their main language. 5.8% of residents were born outside the UK (England’s towns: 18%).
95% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 79% 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: 95% of St Nicholas at Wade · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
On residents with no religion, 37% here is much the same as across England’s towns. The largest groups after White British are Other White (3.7%), Indian (0.3%) and Mixed or multiple (0.1%). Elsewhere, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
St Nicholas at Wade ranks above 92% of UK towns on unpaid carers: 11%
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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 31. At 52%, the share of married adults and civil partners is higher than in 78% of UK towns. Set beside that, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
28% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 28% of St Nicholas at Wade’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 17% have no qualification (18%). The highest qualification of 18% is A levels, often students still at university.
Median age: 1 of the 7 towns around St Nicholas at Wade 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Nicholas at Wade | 731 | — | 51.1 | 26% | 22% |
| Minster (Thanet) | 4,739 | 3 mi | 49 | 27% | 25% |
| Hersden | 2,118 | 4.9 mi | 34.5 | 13% | 40% |
| Ash (Dover) | 2,529 | 5.2 mi | 48.4 | 25% | 26% |
| Cliffs End | 1,284 | 5.3 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 24% |
| Herne Bay | 24,873 | 5.4 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 23% |
| Margate | 63,315 | 5.4 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 26% |
| Herne | 14,874 | 5.4 mi | 45 | 23% | 30% |
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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 St Nicholas at Wade’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 St Nicholas at Wade’s residents
What is the population of St Nicholas at Wade?
The 2021 Census counted 731 people in St Nicholas at Wade’s built-up area.
What is the average age in St Nicholas at Wade?
The median age was 51.1 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is St Nicholas at Wade?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 5.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in St Nicholas at Wade?
37% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 5.1% didn’t answer.
Is St Nicholas at Wade good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on St Nicholas at Wade’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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