Swanscombe is mostly young working households, and about half of them rent. The typical resident is in their mid-thirties. Families with children fill a big share of the homes. About as many adults have a degree as have no qualifications at all. Swanscombe's people are at the busy, stretched stage of life.
All of the population figures here come from the 2021 census, which counted 7,020 people in 2,744 households. About 49% of households own their home. Another 21% rent privately and 28% rent from the council or a housing association. Swanscombe's terraces and estates were first built for people working in someone else's cement industry, and half of today's households still pay someone else for the roof over their heads.
The median resident is 35, and about 30% of residents are aged 25 to 44. Swanscombe's oldest known resident sits in a museum in London, and the typical living one is busy with the school run.
The Office for National Statistics modelled typical gross household income at about £66,000 for the financial year to March 2023, before tax and averaged across the area. After tax, the same modelling puts typical household income at about £48,000. The difference between the two goes to the taxman before the household sees any of it.
Single people make up about 27% of households, and single pensioners living alone, who are part of that group, make up about 10%. Couples with children make up about 22% of households and lone parents about 16%. That puts children in a large share of Swanscombe's homes, and puts a lot of weight on one adult in some of them.
About 23% of residents hold a degree, about 22% have no formal qualifications, and full-time students make up about 2%. With no university nearby, Swanscombe's adults are mostly working, not studying.
On the measures that make up this section, Swanscombe comes out below average. It is a young town where a lot of families have money and time stretched thin, and buyers should know that before they treat the low prices as a bargain.