The population of Ashford is 132,747 compared to England, which has a population of 59,597,542. While the male population in Ashford is 68,156, and the female population is 64,591. In England, the male population is 28,833,712 and the female population is 27,656,336, according to the 2021 census.
According to the latest 2021 census, The main ethnicity of the people in the immediate area is White: English, with a total of 109,673, followed by White: Other White, with a total of 5,682. As compared to the population in England, the main ethnicities were White: English(41,540,791) followed by Asian: Indian(1,843,248) and Asian: Pakistani(1,570,285). In terms of religion, most people mentioned Christian (63,197), followed by No religion (54,002), whereas, in England, the main religion was Christian(26,167,899), Muslim(3,801,186), and Hindu(1,020,533). While 20,715,664 mentioned 'No Religion' and 3,400,548 did not answer
As for deprivation, most of the area is not deprived in any dimension (26,784), followed by at least deprived in one dimension (18,085). While in England, 11,349,743 households are not deprived in any dimension, and 7,842,690 households are deprived in one dimension.
Most people in the Ashford area mentioned they are Employee: Full-time (37,631), while 24,070 adults mentioned they are Retired.
Regarding education, 32,148 adults have Level 3 education, while 16,412 have Level 1 and entry level education. The most common occupations in the Ashford area are
The average age of people living in Ashford is 42 years old. The top three age distributions are: Below 14 (24483), Between 45 to 54 (18438), and Between 25 to 34 (16808). The median age in England and Wales was 40 years as per the 2021 census.
The NS-SEC defines and measures social class and is considered a reliable indicator of a person's class status. As per the 2021 census, most of the population in Ashford has Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations (22,592) followed by Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations (13,767), and Small employers and own account workers (13,300). In England, Most of the population(9,172,372) have Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations, followed by Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations(6,092,791)
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| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| Area | Ashford |
| Ward | Aylesford & East Stour Beaver Biddenden Bircholt Bockhanger Bybrook Charing Conningbrook & Little Burton Farm Downs North Downs West Furley Goat Lees Godinton Highfield Isle of Oxney Kennington Kingsnorth Village & Bridgefield Mersham, Sevington South with Finberry Norman Park Farm North Park Farm South Repton Rolvenden & Tenterden West Roman Saxon Shore Singleton East Singleton West Stanhope Tenterden North Tenterden South Tenterden St Michael's Upper Weald Victoria Washford Weald Central Weald North Weald South Willesborough Wye with Hinxhill |
| LTLA22 | |
| UTLA22 | Kent |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |