Photo: Penny Mayes · CC BY-SA 2.00.6% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 99% of UK towns
32% of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. There were 715 households in Warden at the 2021 Census, home to 1,817 residents. Across Warden, one in ten households have no car or van. Few places have so few one-person households: 24% here, fewer than in 91% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Warden’s people
Many carers
208 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 12% of those 5 and over: more than in 98% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 58% of UK towns, at 21%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Half of Warden’s residents are under 43.9, younger than in 55% of UK towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 10%. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. In St Mary's Bay, the oldest of Kent’s towns by this measure, it is 42%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 78% of UK towns, at 7.4%
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%.
23% of Warden’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 30% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Typically, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Locally, 4.6% of adults are full-time students.
Warden households average 2.5 people, larger 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.
With shared households of unrelated adults at 2.9%, Warden is ahead of 75% of UK towns on that count.
A higher share of households in terraced houses than 82% of UK towns, at 29%
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
Here just over a third of households live in a detached house, where the figure across England’s towns is 21%. The wider picture: nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
More residents whose main language is English than 64% of UK towns: 98%
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
Against a figure of 18% across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK in Warden comes in at 6%. For residents whose main language is English, the comparison across England’s towns is 90%. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3.2%) or in Africa (1.2%).
43% said they have no religion, more than in 68% 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: 93% of Warden · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 93% in Warden and 73% across England’s towns. After White British, the largest groups are Other White (3.2%), Mixed or multiple (2.2%) and African (0.5%). 50% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a higher share than in 51% of UK towns. The benchmark for residents with no religion across England’s towns: 37%.
More unpaid carers than 98% of UK towns: 12%
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
33% of Warden’s adults have never married or formed a civil partnership and 49% are married, against 39% and 44% across England’s towns. Adults who have never married are more common here than in 54% of UK towns. The usual figure: nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 16%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 16% of Warden’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 31% have no qualification (18%).
Warden is younger than 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warden | 1,817 | — | 43.9 | 21% | 32% |
| Eastchurch | 3,381 | 2.4 mi | 36.3 | 9.2% | 32% |
| Minster (Swale) | 16,735 | 4.4 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 27% |
| Halfway Houses | 4,396 | 5.7 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 26% |
| Faversham | 20,941 | 6.4 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 28% |
| Sheerness | 13,253 | 6.4 mi | 34.5 | 13% | 35% |
| Queenborough | 3,915 | 6.6 mi | 35.8 | 16% | 33% |
| Whitstable | 32,185 | 6.8 mi | 51.3 | 29% | 23% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Warden’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 Warden’s residents
What is the population of Warden?
The 2021 Census counted 1,817 people in Warden’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Warden?
The median age was 43.9 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Warden?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Warden?
43% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Warden good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Warden’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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