Photo: Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent. · CC BY 2.5Only 9.8% of households in Yalding have no car or van
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.7% here and 12% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census put Yalding’s population at 1,549, in 649 households. 52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. More residents who describe themselves as White British than in 61% of UK towns: 93%.
What the Census says about Yalding’s people
A village people move to
14% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
A median age of 46.5: Yalding is older than 65% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 50–54: 8.8% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. Here, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
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.
A larger share of residents who moved in within the year than 96% of UK towns: 14%
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 38% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 18% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The comparison figure for residents who moved in within the year is 11% across England’s towns. For Yalding, the census puts full-time students at 4.3%.
Bigger households than 71% of UK towns: 2.4 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 2.2%, below 61% of UK towns. One-person households account for 28%. Households with dependent children are more common here than in 57% of UK towns.
Below 60% of UK towns: 25% of households live in a detached house
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
Where nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, Yalding has 11%. Measured more widely, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. The census found that 22% of households live in a terraced house locally.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 65% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (3.1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1%). Few places have so few residents born outside the UK: 5.5% here, fewer than in 60% of UK towns. The wider picture: nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 66% of UK towns: 52%
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 Yalding · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Other White (4.1%), Mixed or multiple (1.4%) and Bangladeshi (0.3%). Few places have as many residents with no religion: 41% here, more than in just over half of UK towns. Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as Christian come to 46%.
Below 64% of UK towns: 30% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership
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: 8.2%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. Adults who have never married: 39% across England’s towns, for comparison. 38 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 31%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Yalding, 31%, and 18% have none, against 18%.
Around Yalding, 3 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yalding | 1,549 | — | 46.5 | 22% | 28% |
| Wateringbury | 2,248 | 2 mi | 48.7 | 23% | 26% |
| East Peckham | 2,144 | 2.2 mi | 47.7 | 26% | 29% |
| Coxheath | 8,453 | 3 mi | 44.3 | 23% | 29% |
| Kings Hill | 9,963 | 3.4 mi | 40.1 | 12% | 47% |
| Paddock Wood | 7,616 | 3.8 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 28% |
| Hadlow | 3,168 | 4.2 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 25% |
| Marden | 3,489 | 4.4 mi | 38.5 | 18% | 32% |
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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 Yalding’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 Yalding’s residents
What is the population of Yalding?
The 2021 Census counted 1,549 people in Yalding’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Yalding?
The median age was 46.5 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Yalding?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 5.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Yalding?
41% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Yalding good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Yalding’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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