Aylesford is mostly settled homeowners in their late forties who stopped house-hunting a while ago. About two in three own their home. The typical resident is nearer fifty than forty. More households are one person living alone than a couple raising children. People arrive here to stay put.
The 2021 Census counted 1,070 residents in 490 households, and it's the source for every population figure below. About 65% of households own their home. About 15% rent privately and about 18% rent from a council or housing association, so social renting is the larger of the two rented sectors. There isn't much churn of short lets or tenants moving on every year.
The median age is 47. About 23% of residents are aged 25 to 44, the age when most people buy a first home, change jobs and have children. That's a smaller share than the house-hunting brochures would suggest, and it points to a village where people moved in some time ago and haven't moved out.
Median household income was about £63,800 before tax in the financial year to March 2023, modelled by the Office for National Statistics across the wider area. It's a gross figure for that year, not what households earn today. It describes a comfortable, two-earner area rather than a wealthy enclave.
The households are mixed. About 36% are one person living alone, and within that, about 15% of all households are a single pensioner living alone. Couples with dependent children make up about 16% of households, and lone parents about 11%. So a family moving in with young children will find other families, but won't find a village organised around the school run.
About 30% of residents hold a degree-level qualification, and about 17% have no formal qualifications at all. Full-time students make up about 1%. The mix runs from people with professional qualifications to people who left school and went straight to work, with no single group setting the tone. Graduates who come home from university don't tend to stay.
Aylesford's population is one of its strengths: settled, mostly owner-occupied, stable and in reasonably good shape. It suits a buyer who wants neighbours who'll still be there in ten years, and it'll feel quiet to anyone looking for a young crowd.