Rochester postcode area Census 2021

88.6% people are white, 4.3% people are asian, 3.6% people are black.
46.8% are Christian, 42.9% have no religion, 5.4% provided no answer.
40.1% households have 1 car, 31.0% households have 2 cars, 16.7% households have no car.

Rochester population ethnic group

Ethnicity Share: Rochester postcode area Compared to England & Wales (2021 Census)
Ethnicity	Rochester postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
Asian	4.3%	9.3%
Black	3.6%	4.0%
Mixed	2.4%	2.9%
Other	1.1%	2.1%
White	88.6%	81.7%

Rochester population health

Health Quality Share: Rochester postcode area Compared to England & Wales (2021 Census)
Health	Rochester postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
very good	48.0%	48.4%
good	34.3%	33.6%
average	12.7%	12.7%
poor	3.8%	4.0%
very poor	1.1%	1.2%

Rochester population religion

Religion Share: Rochester postcode area Compared to England & Wales (2021 Census)
Religion	Rochester postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
Buddhist	0.4%	0.5%
Christian	46.8%	46.2%
Hindu	1.0%	1.7%
Jewish	0.1%	0.5%
Muslim	2.0%	6.5%
No answer	5.4%	6.0%
No religion	42.9%	37.2%
Other	0.8%	0.9%
Sikh	0.6%	0.6%

Rochester population economic activity

Economic Activity Share: Rochester postcode area Compared to England & Wales (2021 Census)
Economic activity	Rochester postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
Employee	48.2%	46.0%
Empl. owner w/ empl.	1.5%	1.5%
Empl. self, no empl.	8.6%	7.9%
Empl. student	1.3%	1.7%
Inactive home,family	5.1%	4.8%
Inactive sick,other	7.1%	7.3%
Retired	21.1%	21.6%
Student, no work	4.4%	6.3%
Unemployed	2.7%	2.8%

Rochester car availability in a household

On average, there are 1.40 cars per household in Rochester postcode area. In England and Wales it's 1.23 cars per household.

Number of Cars in a Household Share: Rochester postcode area Compared to England & Wales (2021 Census)
Number of cars in a household	Rochester postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
No car	16.7%	23.3%
1 car	40.1%	41.3%
2 cars	31.0%	26.2%
3+ cars	12.2%	9.2%

Rochester household deprivation

A : very good .. E : very bad. A : household is not deprived, B : deprived in 1 dimension, ... E : household is deprived in all four dimensions (education, employment, health, housing).