Photo: Chris Whippet · CC BY-SA 2.0One-person households: 15%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
Here 1.4% of households live in a flat or apartment, where the figure across England’s towns is 23%. The 2021 Census put Woodnesborough’s population at 368, in 142 households. Households without a car or van: 7% of the total. Compared with other places, married adults and civil partners are common here: 57%, more than in 94% of UK towns.
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.
No age band is larger than 60–64: 9.1% of residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. Typically, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 11%. Half of Woodnesborough’s residents are over 47.5, older than in 72% of UK towns.
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 smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 99% of UK towns: 4.9%
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%.
At 7%, the share of full-time students is in line with the figure across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Bigger households than 96% of UK towns: 2.6 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.
In Woodnesborough, 2.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, beside 4.3% across England’s towns. The share of households with dependent children stands at 29%.
In Woodnesborough, 9.2% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 91% 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 make up 41%, against 21% across England’s towns. On average, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
Woodnesborough sits below 99% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (1.4%)
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
Residents born abroad were most often born in Africa (0.8%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.3%). As a reference point, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Where nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, Woodnesborough has 100%.
46% said they have no religion, more than in 81% 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: 94% of Woodnesborough · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
94% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 73% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. After White British, the largest groups are Mixed or multiple (3.3%), Other White (1.4%) and African (0.8%).
A higher share of unpaid carers than 84% of UK towns, at 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
Across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 39%; Woodnesborough has 30%. Elsewhere, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. 15 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 34%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
34% of Woodnesborough’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 16% have none (18%). Many of the 17% whose highest qualification is A levels are students working towards a degree.
Every nearby town is older than Woodnesborough
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodnesborough | 368 | — | 47.5 | 26% | 29% |
| Sandwich | 4,258 | 1 mi | 54 | 33% | 19% |
| Eastry | 2,388 | 1.4 mi | 51 | 28% | 24% |
| Ash (Dover) | 2,529 | 1.8 mi | 48.4 | 25% | 26% |
| Wingham | 1,313 | 4.3 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 25% |
| Deal | 28,992 | 4.8 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 22% |
| Cliffs End | 1,284 | 4.9 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 24% |
| Eythorne | 1,487 | 5 mi | 51.6 | 25% | 22% |
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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 Woodnesborough’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 Woodnesborough’s residents
What is the population of Woodnesborough?
The 2021 Census counted 368 people in Woodnesborough’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Woodnesborough?
The median age was 47.5 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Woodnesborough?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 1.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Woodnesborough?
46% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Woodnesborough good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Woodnesborough’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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