Photo: Lizzie · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 55.5: Kingsley is older than 97% of UK towns
Where nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, Kingsley has 0.3%. The 2021 Census counted 1,551 residents in 659 households. Across Kingsley, 21% of households are one person living alone. Residents who describe themselves as White British are more common here than in 86% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Kingsley’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Kingsley’s residents are under 55.5 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 33% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Kingsley sits above 95% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (33%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 70–74: 10% of residents, 2.1 times the share across England’s towns. Typically, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24: nearly a tenth of the total.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
6.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 90% of UK towns
What adults did at the 2021 Census (the ONS’s NS-SEC classes), and where residents lived a year earlier.
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in half of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 11% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Full-time students: 4.8% of the total.
Fewer families than 81% of UK towns: 24% of households have children
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Cheshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
At 2.3 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. Here, 2.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. As a yardstick, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
More detached houses than 99% of UK towns: 67% of households
Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
Households without a car or van: 5.3% here and 24% across England’s towns. In Kingsley, 4.1% of households live in a terraced house. 0.3% of households live in a flat, less than in 99% of UK towns; 67% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 85% of UK towns
Country of birth, year of arrival and main language, Census 2021.
Born outside the UK, by region · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.9%), then in Africa (1.2%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%. Fewer residents born outside the UK than in just over two thirds of UK towns: 4.7%.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 62% in Kingsley, more than in 97% of UK towns
How residents described themselves at the 2021 Census. Lines join the lowest and highest of the three figures.
Ethnic groups other than White British · all residents
White British, not charted: 96% of Kingsley · Cheshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 37%; Kingsley has 33%. The largest groups after White British are Other White (2.4%), Mixed or multiple (0.8%) and Arab (0.2%). Typically, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Kingsley ranks above 99% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 65%
Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.
Partnership status · residents 16 and over
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns, against 11% in Kingsley. Measured more widely, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. For Kingsley, the census puts adults who have never married at 19%.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 51%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Kingsley’s adults: 51% with a degree-level qualification and 8.9% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Kingsley is older than every town around it
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
Health, work and homes have their own pages
What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Cheshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Cheshire (or England), summed the same way as Kingsley’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out.
- Small counts are blurred. The ONS adds small random changes to Census counts to protect privacy, so the same total differs a little between tables, and the shares of a small town can move by a point or two.
Questions about Kingsley’s residents
What is the population of Kingsley?
The 2021 Census counted 1,551 people in Kingsley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Kingsley?
The median age was 55.5 at the 2021 Census. 8.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Kingsley?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Cheshire’s towns. 4.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Kingsley?
33% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 4.3% didn’t answer.
Is Kingsley good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Kingsley’s schools page.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area (TS002, TS003, TS004, TS007A, TS008, TS015, TS017, TS019, TS021, TS029, TS030, TS039, TS044, TS045, TS062, TS067). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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