Photo: Steve F · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Stone is under 35.7, younger than 95% of UK towns
Here 43% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 39%. The 2021 Census put Stone’s population at 6,438, in 2,716 households. The census found that two thirds of residents describe themselves as White British locally. Just over one in ten households live in a detached house, a lower share than in 92% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Stone’s people
Younger than most towns
Half of Stone’s residents are under 35.7 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 9.9% are 15 to 24 and 8.5% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A town of flats
38% of households live in a flat or maisonette, more than in 98% of UK towns. 13% have no car or van. Homes & cars ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Residents aged 65 and over make up 8.5% in Stone, less than in 98% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Where just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns, Stone has 9.9%. As a yardstick, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Stone, 35.7. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Stone, 10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 79% 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, the share of full-time students is 7.9%; Stone has 5%. Elsewhere, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Families with children: 34% of households, more than in 91% 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, households average 2.4 people; in Stone, 2.4. On the census count, 3.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. 30% of households are one person living alone, more than in 54% of UK towns. The usual figure: 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Stone: 38% of households live in a flat or apartment, above 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
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses in Stone comes in at 26%. This Kent town has fewer households without a car or van than just over three fifths of UK towns, at 13%. For households in flats, the comparison across England’s towns is 23%.
A higher share of residents born outside the UK than 93% of UK towns, at 20%
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (8%) or in Africa (5.8%). Lower than in 92% of UK towns: 90% of residents have English as their main language. Residents born outside the UK: 18% across England’s towns, for comparison. Recent arrivals (2017 or later) make up 14% of those born abroad (England’s towns: 21%).
Only 40% of residents said they have no religion in Stone
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: 67% of Stone · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
48% of residents describe themselves as Christian, against 46% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 37%. Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (9.1%), African (8.4%) and Mixed or multiple (3.2%).
Married adults and civil partners: 41%, a lower share than 88% 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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 134. 7.6% of residents give unpaid care, a lower share than in 90% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 33%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Stone, 13%, while 33% hold one at degree level (34%).
17th lowest median age among 473 UK towns of 5,000 to 9,000
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Red Lodge (30.9) and the oldest Barton on Sea (65.3). Nearest to Stone in age: Marston Moretaine (35.5), Berechurch (35.7), Benson (36) and Askern (36.1).
Stone is younger than 4 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stone | 6,438 | — | 35.7 | 8.5% | 34% |
| Swanscombe | 15,462 | 1.1 mi | 35.4 | 11% | 36% |
| Bean | 1,633 | 1.3 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 30% |
| Ebbsfleet Valley | 2,989 | 1.7 mi | 30.5 | 1.5% | 49% |
| Darenth | 2,588 | 1.8 mi | 37.6 | 15% | 35% |
| Dartford | 69,131 | 2.1 mi | 36.6 | 12% | 38% |
| Hawley | 1,386 | 2.6 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 31% |
| Chafford Hundred and West Thurrock | 23,589 | 2.9 mi | 34.3 | 6.1% | 45% |
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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 Stone’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 Stone’s residents
What is the population of Stone?
The 2021 Census counted 6,438 people in Stone’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Stone?
The median age was 35.7 at the 2021 Census, younger than 95% of UK towns. 9.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 8.5% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Stone?
67% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 20% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Stone?
40% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 2.2% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Stone good for families?
34% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Stone’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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