Photo: Nick Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 94% of UK towns: half of Worth is over 53.2
The figure for residents with no religion is 29% in Worth and 37% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census counted 701 residents in 274 households. Across Worth, 6.9% of households have no car or van. Lower than in just over four fifths of UK towns: 13% of households live in a terraced house.
6.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (30%), Worth is above 92% of UK towns. To put it in context, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
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.
2% of adults are full-time students, below 99% 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%.
Just over two fifths of Worth’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 18% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Higher than in 95% of UK towns: 14% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Only 22% of households in Worth are one person living alone
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.
Compared with 29% across England’s towns, 22% of households have dependent children here. Few places have as many shared households of unrelated adults: 3.7% here, more than in 88% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
A higher share of households in detached houses than 98% of UK towns, at 63%
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
4.4% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. To put it in context, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
More residents whose main language is English than 81% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The figure for residents born outside the UK is 6.9% in Worth and 18% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, residents whose main language is English come to 90%. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (3.4%), then in the Middle East and Asia (1.4%).
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 94% of UK towns, at 60%
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 Worth · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Other White (3.4%), Mixed or multiple (1.6%) and Pakistani (0.1%). Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 46% across England’s towns. Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as White British: 93% here, more than in nearly three fifths of UK towns.
58% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 95% 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 make up 8.8%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners is 44%. On the census count, 25% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
Among adults, 39% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 39% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 18% hold no qualification (18%).
Older than Worth: 2 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worth | 701 | — | 53.2 | 30% | 22% |
| Sandwich | 4,258 | 1.2 mi | 54 | 33% | 19% |
| Eastry | 2,388 | 2.1 mi | 51 | 28% | 24% |
| Ash (Dover) | 2,529 | 3.4 mi | 48.4 | 25% | 26% |
| Deal | 28,992 | 3.4 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 22% |
| Cliffs End | 1,284 | 4.9 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 24% |
| Eythorne | 1,487 | 5.3 mi | 51.6 | 25% | 22% |
| Kingsdown | 1,687 | 5.5 mi | 60.8 | 41% | 17% |
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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 Worth’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 Worth’s residents
What is the population of Worth?
The 2021 Census counted 701 people in Worth’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Worth?
The median age was 53.2 at the 2021 Census. 6.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Worth?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 6.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Worth?
29% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 9.5% didn’t answer.
Is Worth good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Worth’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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