Demography
| Maidstone | Maidstone district | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 75,070 | 138,948 | 49,138,831 |
| Foreign born | 5.9% | 5.2% | 9.2% |
| White | 97% | 97% | 91% |
| Asian | 1.5% | 1.1% | 4.6% |
| Black | 0.4% | 0.2% | 2.3% |
| Christian | 74% | 76% | 72% |
| Muslim | 0.8% | 0.5% | 3.1% |
| Hindu | 0.7% | 0.5% | 1.1% |
| Source: 2001 UK census | |||
As of the 2001 UK census, Maidstone town wards had a total population of 75,070, and a population density of 28 residents per hectare. The town had 31,142 households; of which, 38% were married couples, 29% were individuals, 10% were cohabiting couples, and 9% were lone parent families. 14% of households had someone living alone at pensionable age.
The ethnicity of the town was given as 96.6% white, 0.9% mixed race, 0.3% Chinese, 1.5% other Asian, 0.4% Black and 0.3% other. The place of birth of the town's residents was 94.1% United Kingdom (91.4% England), 0.6% Republic of Ireland, 0.6% Germany, 1.3% other European countries, 1.7% Asia, 0.9% Africa and 0.8% elsewhere.
Religion was recorded as 73.9% Christian, 0.8% Muslim, 0.7% Hindu, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.14% Sikh and 0.11% Jewish. 15.8% were recorded as having no religion, 0.6% had an alternative religion, and 7.7% did not state their religion.
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