Editing Kent (section)

==Demography==
{{see also|List of settlements in Kent by population}}

{{Location map+|Kent
  |caption = {{center|[[File:Red pog.svg|12px]] The five largest settlements in Kent/Medway unitary authority as of the 2021 UK census, as well as both settlements which have or had city status (Canterbury, Rochester). (Sources as accurate as possible to the locality's boundaries chosen, excluding surrounding towns or villages.)&nbsp;– red.<ref>{{cite web |author=Census Data UK |url=https://censusdata.uk/e63005466-maidstone |title=Maidstone Built Up Area - Population 113,655 |publisher=censusdata.uk |access-date=30 March 2025 |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Census Data UK |url=https://censusdata.uk/e63005212-chatham |title=Chatham Built Up Area - Population 84,590 |publisher=censusdata.uk |access-date=30 March 2025 |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Census Data UK |url=https://censusdata.uk/e63005776-ashford-ashford |title=Ashford Built Up Area - Population 73,384 excluding Kingsnorth, Great Chart (see next sources) |publisher=censusdata.uk |access-date=30 March 2025 |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Census Data UK |url=https://censusdata.uk/e04012786-kingsnorth |title=Kingsnorth Civil Parish - Population 9,639 |publisher=censusdata.uk |access-date=30 March 2025 |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Census Data UK |url=https://censusdata.uk/e63005774-great-chart |title=Great Chart Built Up Area - Population 865 |publisher=censusdata.uk |access-date=30 March 2025 |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Census Data UK |url=https://censusdata.uk/e63005204-gillingham-medway |title=Gillingham Built Up Area - Population 67,760 excluding Rainham, Hempstead (see next sources) |publisher=censusdata.uk |access-date=30 March 2025 |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Census Data UK |url=https://censusdata.uk/e05002259-rainham-north |title=Rainham North Electoral Ward - Population 9,206 |publisher=censusdata.uk |access-date=30 March 2025 |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Census Data UK |url=https://censusdata.uk/e05002258-rainham-central |title=Rainham Central Electoral Ward - Population 12,389 |publisher=censusdata.uk |access-date=30 March 2025 |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Census Data UK |url=https://censusdata.uk/e05002260-rainham-south |title=Rainham South Electoral Ward - Population 13,585 |publisher=censusdata.uk |access-date=30 March 2025 |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Census Data UK |url=https://censusdata.uk/e05002253-hempstead-and-wigmore |title=Hempstead and Wigmore Electoral Ward - Population 8,093 |publisher=censusdata.uk |access-date=30 March 2025 |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Census Data UK |url=https://censusdata.uk/e63005058-gravesend |title=Gravesend Built Up Area - Population 60,263 |publisher=censusdata.uk |access-date=30 March 2025 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br />[[File:Green pog.svg|12px]] Four suburban settlements (most historically villages)/[[New towns in the United Kingdom|new town]] type settlements, currently undergoing significant planned expansion.&nbsp;– green.<ref>{{cite web |author=Kings Hill Official Website |url=https://www.kings-hill.com/future-plans/|title=Future Plans |publisher=kings-hill.com |access-date=30 March 2025 |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Kings Hill Official Website |url=https://www.kings-hill.com/2023/11/13/award-winning-project-brings-542-new-homes-to-kings-hill/|title=Award winning project brings 542 new homes to Kings Hill |publisher=kings-hill.com |access-date=30 March 2025 |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Kings Hill Civil Parish Official Website |url=https://kingshillparish.gov.uk/kings-hill/the-history-of-kings-hill/|title=The History of Kings Hill |publisher=kingshillparish.gov.uk |access-date=30 March 2025 |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=BPTW |url=https://www.bptw.co.uk/projects/de-havilland-place-kent/#:~:text=De%20Havilland%20Place%20in%20Kent,vernacular%20architecture%20of%20West%20Malling.|title=Dehavilland Place, Kent |publisher=bptw.co.uk |access-date=30 March 2025 |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Wards of Kent |url=https://www.wardsofkent.co.uk/about-wards-of-kent/area-guide/kings-hill/|title=Kings Hill Area Guide |publisher=wardsofkent.co.uk |access-date=30 March 2025 |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Ebbsfleet Garden City (Official Website) |url=https://ebbsfleetgardencity.org.uk/ebbsfleet-garden-city/the-story-so-far/|title=The story so far.. |publisher=ebbsfleetgardencity.org.uk |access-date=30 March 2025 |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Aylesham Garden Village (Official Website) |url=https://www.ayleshamgardenvillage.co.uk/|title=Welcome to Aylesham Garden Village |publisher=ayleshamgardenvillage.co.uk |access-date=30 March 2025 |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Dover District Council |url=https://www.dover.gov.uk/Planning/Regeneration/Aylesham/Aylesham-Community-Benefits.aspx|title=Aylesham Garden Village development update |publisher=dover.gov.uk |access-date=30 March 2025 |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Dover District Council |url=https://www.dover.gov.uk/News/Press-Releases/2023/Final-phase-of-Aylesham-Garden-Village-to-begin-with-developers-back-on-site.aspx|title=Final phase of Aylesham Garden Village to begin with developers back on site |publisher=dover.gov.uk |access-date=30 March 2025 |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Kent Live |url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/masterplan-shows-new-village-kent-9983652|title=Masterplan shows new village for Kent with nearly 800 homes, primary school and shops |date=3 March 2025 |publisher=kentlive.news |access-date=30 March 2025 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>}}
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       |label   = {{bg|white|[[Maidstone]]}}
       |long    = 0.529
       |lat     = 51.272
       |position=bottom
     }}
      {{Location map~|Kent
       |label   = {{bg|white|{{nowrap|[[Chatham, Kent|Chatham]]}}}}
       |long    = 0.5362
       |lat     = 51.361
       |position= bottom
     }}
      {{Location map~|Kent
       |label   = {{bg|white|{{nowrap|[[Ashford, Kent|Ashford]]}}}}
       |long    = 0.8676
       |lat     = 51.1465
       |position= right
     }}
      {{Location map~|Kent
       |label   = {{bg|white|{{nowrap|[[Gillingham, Kent|Gillingham]]}}}}
       |long    = 0.5498
       |lat     = 51.3792
       |position= right
     }}
      {{Location map~|Kent
       |label   = {{bg|white|{{nowrap|[[Gravesend]]}}}}
       |long    = 0.3685
       |lat     = 51.4415
       |position= right
     }}
      {{Location map~|Kent
       |label   = {{bg|white|{{nowrap|'''[[Rochester, Kent|Rochester]]'''}}}}
       |long    = 0.4982
       |lat     = 51.3883
       |position= left
     }}
      {{Location map~|Kent
       |label   = {{bg|white|{{nowrap|'''[[Canterbury]]'''}}}}
       |long    = 1.087
       |lat     = 51.275
       |position= bottom
     }}
      {{Location map~|Kent
       |label   = {{bg|white|{{nowrap|'''[[Ebbsfleet Valley|Ebbsfleet Garden City]]'''}}}}
       |long    = 0.3100
       |lat     = 51.4370
       |mark=Green pog.svg
       |position= top
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      {{Location map~|Kent
       |label   = {{bg|white|{{nowrap|[[Paddock Wood]]}}}}
       |long    = 0.3744
       |lat     = 51.1845
       |mark=Green pog.svg
       |position= bottom
     }}
      {{Location map~|Kent
       |label   = {{bg|white|{{nowrap|[[Kings Hill]]}}}}
       |long    = 0.4000
       |lat     = 51.260
       |mark=Green pog.svg
       |position= left
     }}
      {{Location map~|Kent
       |label   = {{bg|white|{{nowrap|[[Aylesham]]}}}}
       |long    = 1.2160
       |lat     = 51.2235
       |mark=Green pog.svg
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At the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]],<ref name = "Statistics.gov.uk"/> Kent, including Medway, had 1,727,665 residents (18.0% of which in Medway); had 711,847 households (17.5% of which in Medway) and had 743,436 dwellings (14.8% of which in Medway). 51.1% of Kent's population excluding Medway was female — as to Medway, this proportion was 50.4%.

The tables below provide statistics for the administrative county of Kent, that is, excluding Medway.

{| class="wikitable"
|+ ''Main household types''<ref name="Statistics.gov.uk"/>
|-
!Married couples with/without children||Sole occupants||[[Cohabitation|Unmarried couples]] with/without children||Lone parents||Shared homes and institutions
|-
|210,671||174,331 of which 79,310 over aged 65||63,750||60,645||77,877
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ ''Claimants of JSA or Income Support ([[Department for Work and Pensions|DWP]])''<ref name="Statistics.gov.uk"/>
|-
!rowspan=2|Unit!!colspan=2|Claimants!! rowspan=2|Population<br />(April 2011)
|-
!August 2012!!August 2001
|-
|Kent||55,100|| 89,470||1,463,740
|-
|% of 2011 Kent resident population<br />(2001 population where applicable)||'''3.8%'''||6.7% ||-
|- align=center
|colspan="4"|Three highest-ranking districts
|-
|[[Thanet District|Thanet]]||'''6.5%''' ||11.3% ||134,186
|-
|[[Folkestone and Hythe District|Folkestone and Hythe]]||4.9% |||8.9% ||107,969
|-
|[[Borough of Swale|Swale]]||4.8%||7.5%||135,835
|- align=center
|colspan="4"|Three lowest-ranking districts
|-
|[[Tonbridge and Malling]]||2.5%||4.4% ||120,805
|-
|[[Sevenoaks District|Sevenoaks]]||2.3% ||4.3% ||114,893
|-
|[[Borough of Tunbridge Wells|Tunbridge Wells]]||'''2.2%'''||5.1%||115,049
|}