Photo: Christopher Hilton · CC BY-SA 2.0In Kentford, 5.2% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 98% of UK towns
21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, against 54% in Kentford. In Kentford, 24% of households are one person living alone. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are scarce here: 7%, fewer than in 96% of UK towns. The village had 1,124 residents in 458 households at the 2021 Census.
What the Census says about Kentford’s people
A village people move to
17% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 1.6 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).
Half of Kentford is under 39.9, younger than 81% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 30–34, with 9% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. Locally, 9.1% of residents are aged 15 to 24. On residents aged 65 and over, Kentford sits lower than just over two thirds of UK towns: 19%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Kentford, 17% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 97% 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%.
The share of full-time students is 5.4%, against 7.9% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 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.
Kentford ranks above 90% of UK towns on households with dependent children: 34%
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Suffolk’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
The average household has 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. 2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children is 29%.
Households in terraced houses: 11%, a lower share than 87% 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
By its share of households in flats (6.8%), Kentford is below 73% of UK towns. Households in terraced houses make up 24% across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents born outside the UK than 83% of UK towns, at 13%
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
Arrivals from 2017 on account for 50% of residents born abroad, beside 21% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK. On the census count, 96% of residents have English as their main language.
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 85% in Kentford, less than in 78% 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: 85% of Kentford · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (9.2%), Mixed or multiple (2.2%) and African (0.7%). Kentford has more residents with no religion than 64% of UK towns, at 43%. Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as White British come to 73%. Here 51% of residents describe themselves as Christian, where the figure across England’s towns is 46%.
Fewer adults who have never married than 55% of UK towns: 32%
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
Married adults and civil partners: 47% here and 44% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 39%. 18 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 39%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 39% of its adults qualified to degree level, Kentford compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 13% hold no qualification (18%).
5 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Kentford
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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.
- “Suffolk’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Suffolk (or England), summed the same way as Kentford’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 Kentford’s residents
What is the population of Kentford?
The 2021 Census counted 1,124 people in Kentford’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Kentford?
The median age was 39.9 at the 2021 Census. 9.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Kentford?
85% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 13% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Kentford?
43% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 4.7% didn’t answer.
Is Kentford good for families?
34% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Kentford’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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