Statistical Bulletin July 2021 2020 Mid-Year Population Estimates: Age and sex profile Related This bulletin presents the 2020 Mid-Year documents Population Estimates (Census based) by 5- The Population and year age group and sex for Kent County and Census web page Kent local authority districts as published contains more information by the Office for National Statistics on 25 which you may find useful. June 2021. Population forecasts presents the latest Summary of findings thinking about future population levels. • The total population of Kent (excluding Medway) is estimated to be 1,589,100 people. 2011 Census provides information of the • Of all the local authority districts in Kent, Maidstone characteristics of the has the largest population with 173,100 people. population. Gravesham has the smallest population with 106,900 NOTE: within this bulletin people. ’Kent’ refers to the Kent County Council (KCC) area • There are slightly more female residents than male which excludes Medway residents in Kent. 50.9% (809,300 people) residents are female and 49.1% (779,800) male. This pattern is Further Information seen in all of Kent’s local authority districts. Kent Analytics Kent County Council • However, the male to female ratio changes with age. Invicta House Overall, there tends to be more males than there are Maidstone females up to the age of 29 years. Beyond this age, Kent there are more females than males, although the ME14 1XX exact age at which there become more females than males does vary between each local authority district. Email: [email protected] • The mean age of the population in Kent is 41.4 years. This is a year older than the national mean age which Tel: 03000 417444 is 40.3 years. The mean age of a Kent female is 42.3 and a Kent male is 40.4. Kent Analytics, Kent County Council www.kent.gov.uk/research Summary of findings continued • Kent has a slightly smaller proportion of 0-4 year olds than the national average, but on the whole Kent has a younger age profile than the national average, with a greater proportion of young people aged 5-19 years than England. • Kent has a smaller proportion of younger people of working age compared to England, particularly in the age group 20-44 years. • Kent has an older age profile than the national average with greater proportions of people aged 45+ years than England. This bulletin begins by presenting the total population estimate, by gender, of Kent County and Kent local authority districts. The bulletin then goes on to present the population profile by 5-year age group and gender of each Kent local authority area in the form of population pyramids and tables. Further details from the 2020 estimates are available on the Kent County Council website in the bulletins and excel toolkits listed below: • ‘2020 Mid-Year Population Estimates: Total population of Kent authorities’ looks at Kent’s population in the context of national and regional change over the past year. • ‘Time series of Mid-year population estimates 2000-2020’ presents total population over the past ten years. • ‘What’s causing Kent’s population growth?’ examines the reasons behind the changes in population. • ‘Interactive population estimates Excel toolkit’ allows access to population estimates for any chosen age group for all 12 Kent local authority districts and Kent County as a whole, between 1992 and 2020. Note on the data It is ONS policy to present all estimates rounded to the nearest hundred. Within this bulletin all numbers have been individually rounded and therefore may not sum. Percentages have been calculated using unrounded numbers. The data in this bulletin will be updated in summer 2022 when the 2021 Mid- year population estimates will be released. Strategic Commissioning - Analytics, Kent County Council Page 1 www.kent.gov.uk/research Total population estimates by gender of Kent local authorities. According to the revised 2020 MYPE the population of Kent is 1,589,100. Of the Kent local authority areas Maidstone has the largest population with 173,100 people. Gravesham has the smallest population with 106,900 people. There are more females than males in Kent and this pattern is seen in all of Kent’s local authority districts. Thanet has the greatest proportion of females to males (51.6% female compared to 48.4% male). The difference is smallest in Folkestone & Hythe and Swale (50.5% female compared to 49.5% male). Table 1 presents the total population, by gender, for Kent and each of the Kent local authority areas. Table1: Mid-2020 total population estimate for Kent local authorities. 2020 Mid Year Population Estimates Males Females Total Local Authority Persons No. % No. % Ashford 131,000 63,700 48.6% 67,400 51.4% Canterbury 166,800 82,300 49.4% 84,400 50.6% Dartford 114,100 56,300 49.3% 57,800 50.7% Dover 118,500 58,500 49.3% 60,100 50.7% Folkestone & Hythe 113,300 56,100 49.5% 57,200 50.5% Gravesham 106,900 52,600 49.2% 54,300 50.8% Maidstone 173,100 85,300 49.2% 87,900 50.8% Sevenoaks 121,400 58,800 48.5% 62,600 51.5% Swale 151,000 74,500 49.3% 76,500 50.7% Thanet 141,500 68,500 48.4% 72,900 51.6% Tonbridge & Malling 132,600 64,700 48.8% 67,900 51.2% Tunbridge Wells 118,900 58,600 49.3% 60,300 50.7% Kent 1,589,100 779,800 49.1% 809,300 50.9% Medway 279,100 138,300 49.5% 140,900 50.5% Kent & Medway combined 1,868,200 918,000 49.1% 950,200 50.9% Source: Population Estimates Unit, ONS (Crow n Copyright) Data released on 25 June 2021 by the Office for National Statistics. This table prepared by Kent Analytics, Kent County Council - June 2020 All figures separately rounded to the nearest hundred so may not sum. % calculated using unrounded numbers Percentages are calculated using unrounded numbers. The male/ female ratio changes with age. Generally, there are more males compared to females in the younger age groups, but as age increases there become more females to males. This is presented graphically in the form of Strategic Commissioning - Analytics, Kent County Council Page 2 www.kent.gov.uk/research population pyramids and in tables for Kent, each of the Kent local authority districts, and Medway Unitary Authority on pages 4 to 18. Mean age of Kent local authorities. The mean age of resident in Kent is 41.4 years. This is just over one year older than the national average of 40.3 years. The mean age of a Kent female is 42.3 years compared to the national average of 41.3 years. The mean age of a Kent male is 40.4 compared to the national average of 40.3 years. Mean age is higher in the East Kent coastal area with the mean age of residents in Dover, Folkestone & Hythe and Thanet all at or above 43 years. Sevenoaks and Tunbridge Wells also have a higher mean age than the Kent average. Mean age is youngest in Dartford (North Kent) at 37.4 years. Folkestone & Hythe has the oldest mean age for females at 45.6 years and the oldest mean age for males at 43.6 years. Dartford has the youngest mean age for both females at 38.1 years and males at 36.8 years. Table 2 outlines mean age by gender for all Kent local authority districts. Table2: Mean age of population by sex in Kent local authorities Mean age (years) Total persons Males Females Ashford 41.0 40.2 41.7 Canterbury 40.6 39.2 41.9 Dartford 37.4 36.8 38.1 Dover 43.9 43.0 44.7 Folkestone & Hythe 44.6 43.6 45.6 Gravesham 39.6 38.8 40.3 Maidstone 40.9 39.8 41.9 Sevenoaks 42.3 41.3 43.2 Swale 40.6 39.7 41.5 Thanet 43.2 41.8 44.5 Tonbridge & Malling 40.9 40.0 41.8 Tunbridge Wells 41.7 40.8 42.6 Kent 41.4 40.4 42.3 Medway 38.7 38.0 39.5 Kent & Medway combined 41.0 40.0 41.9 England 40.3 39.4 41.3 Source: Based on 2020 Mid Year Population Estimates, Office for National Statistics (Crow n Copyright) This table prepared by Kent Analytics, Kent County Council - June 2020 Strategic Commissioning - Analytics, Kent County Council Page 3 www.kent.gov.uk/research 2020 Mid Year Population Estimates by 5-year group and sex Source: Population Estimates Unit, ONS (Crown Copyright) This table prepared by Kent Analytics, Kent County Council - June 2020 All figures separately rounded to the nearest hundred so may not sum. % calculated using unrounded numbers KENT Total Persons Males Females % of total No. population No. % No. % All Ages 1,589,100 779,800 49.1% 809,300 50.9% 0-4 89,500 5.6% 46,200 51.6% 43,300 48.4% 5-9 100,400 6.3% 51,700 51.5% 48,800 48.5% 10-14 101,400 6.4% 52,000 51.3% 49,400 48.7% 15-19 88,600 5.6% 45,400 51.3% 43,200 48.7% 20-24 86,500 5.4% 44,400 51.4% 42,100 48.6% 25-29 91,600 5.8% 46,400 50.6% 45,200 49.4% 30-34 95,000 6.0% 46,400 48.8% 48,700 51.2% 35-39 97,600 6.1% 46,300 47.5% 51,300 52.5% 40-44 94,900 6.0% 46,000 48.5% 48,900 51.5% 45-49 103,800 6.5% 51,000 49.1% 52,800 50.9% 50-54 113,900 7.2% 56,300 49.4% 57,600 50.6% 55-59 109,700 6.9% 54,500 49.7% 55,200 50.3% 60-64 93,300 5.9% 45,600 48.9% 47,600 51.1% 65-69 82,800 5.2% 40,100 48.4% 42,700 51.6% 70-74 89,500 5.6% 42,600 47.6% 46,900 52.4% 75-79 62,700 3.9% 29,200 46.5% 33,500 53.5% 80-84 44,200 2.8% 19,600 44.3% 24,600 55.7% 85-89 27,100 1.7% 10,900 40.0% 16,300 60.0% 90+ 16,500 1.0% 5,300 32.0% 11,200 68.0% 2020 Mid-year Population Estimates: Age distribution - Kent 90+ 85-89 England average 80-84 Females 75-79 Males 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-4 5% 4% 3% 2% 1% 0% 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% % of total population Source: Population Estimates Unit, Office for National Statistics (ONS).