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51.9Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Older than 92% of UK towns: half of Stanford is over 51.9

Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van; in Stanford, 3%. The share of households in detached houses stands at 73%. Adults who have never married are rarer here than in 95% of UK towns. The village had 409 residents in 167 households at the 2021 Census.

22%aged 65 or over 5.2%born abroad 167households

Ages

A young village: 9.9% of residents are 15 to 24

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

StanfordEngland’s towns

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

50–54 is the most common age band: 13% of residents, 1.9 times the share across England’s towns. To put it in context, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Across Stanford, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1511%

15 to 249.9%

25 to 4414%

45 to 6443%

65 and over22%

StanfordKent’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

Stanford

England

WomenMen

About 107 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

In Stanford, 5.4% of adults are full-time students, more than in 71% 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

Full-time students5.4%

Higher managerial and professional19%

Lower managerial and professional25%

Intermediate11%

Small employers and self-employed16%

Supervisory and technical5.1%

Semi-routine7.6%

Routine6.2%

Never worked or long-term unemployed4.2%

StanfordKent’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

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

Stanford

9.6%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 9.6%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.8× England’s share

Residents who moved in within the year make up 9.6%, against 11% across England’s towns. For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.

The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.

Households

In Stanford, 25% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 87% of UK towns

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

Living alone, 66+ 9.6%Living alone, under 66 15%Families with dependent children 27%Couples and families, no young children 46%Shared houses and other 2.4%

Against Kent’s towns and England’s towns

Stanford

Kent’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person24%

2 people39%

3 people20%

4 people11%

5 or more6.5%

England’s towns.

27% of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. At 2.4%, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is higher than in 53% of UK towns. One-person households: 30% across England’s towns, for comparison.

Homes & cars

Stanford sits below 97% of UK towns for households in flats (1.8%)

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

Type of home

Stanford

Kent’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van3%

One32%

Two40%

Three or more25%

StanfordKent’s townsEngland’s towns

One in ten households live in a terraced house; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. The usual figure: nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.

Where people were born

More residents whose main language is English than 87% of UK towns: 99%

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%

Stanford

5.2%

Kent’s towns

13%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

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%

StanfordKent’s townsEngland’s towns

Residents born outside the UK: 5.2% here and 18% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.5%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.7%).

Ethnicity & religion

Stanford sits above 80% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (55%)

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

StanfordKent’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White3.5%

Asian1.2%

Mixed1%

Black0%

Other0%

0%6%12%

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

Religion · all residents

StanfordKent’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion40%

Christian55%

Muslim0%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0%

Other religion0%

Didn’t answer4.7%

0%35%70%

Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (3.5%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Chinese (0.7%). For residents who describe themselves as Christian, the comparison across England’s towns is 46%. On residents who describe themselves as White British, Stanford sits higher than 69% of UK towns: 94%. At the same time, the share of residents with no religion trails 54% of UK towns: 40%.

Relationships & caring

Married adults and civil partners: 60%, a higher share than 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 partnership24%

Married or civil partnership60%

Separated1.4%

Divorced9.7%

Widowed5.1%

StanfordKent’s townsEngland’s towns

39residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 9.8%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week6.1%

20 to 49 hours1.3%

50 hours or more2.5%

9.8% of residents give unpaid care, against 8.7% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.

Qualifications

35% of adults are qualified to degree level

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications9.9%

Apprenticeship6.2%

A levels or similar18%

Degree level35%

StanfordKent’s townsEngland’s towns

Stanford’s adults: 35% with a degree-level qualification and 9.9% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.

Neighbours

Stanford sits below 4 of its 7 closest neighbours on median age

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

LympneLymingeHytheBrabourne LeesAldingtonDymchurchHawkingeStanford

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Stanford	409	—	51.9	22%	27%
Lympne	1,074	1.6 mi	52.7	28%	22%
Lyminge	1,918	2.8 mi	55.1	37%	21%
Hythe	14,613	2.8 mi	55.5	35%	19%
Brabourne Lees	1,479	3.3 mi	51.2	29%	24%
Aldington	1,280	4.2 mi	43.3	22%	33%
Dymchurch	3,097	5 mi	59.2	39%	15%
Hawkinge	8,499	5.4 mi	41.1	18%	37%

More about Stanford’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Stanford’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 Stanford’s residents

What is the population of Stanford?

The 2021 Census counted 409 people in Stanford’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Stanford?

The median age was 51.9 at the 2021 Census. 9.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Stanford?

94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 5.2% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Stanford?

40% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.7% didn’t answer.

Is Stanford good for families?

27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Stanford’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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