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56.6Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Kilmington is older than 98% of UK towns: a median age of 56.6

Where 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns, Kilmington has 20%. Its 408 households held 929 residents at the 2021 Census. Married adults and civil partners account for 59%. Households in detached houses are more common here than in 95% of UK towns.

39%aged 65 or over 5.6%born abroad 408households

Ages

Above 99% of UK towns: 39% of residents are 65 or over

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

KilmingtonEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

More residents are 70–74 than any other five-year age: 10% of residents, 2.1 times the share across England’s towns. On the census count, 8% of residents are aged 15 to 24. For comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1513%

15 to 248%

25 to 4415%

45 to 6425%

65 and over39%

KilmingtonDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

54% women, 46% men

Kilmington

England

WomenMen

About 84 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Students & newcomers

Below 91% of UK towns: 3.7% of adults are full-time students

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

Full-time students3.7%

Higher managerial and professional15%

Lower managerial and professional21%

Intermediate13%

Small employers and self-employed20%

Supervisory and technical4.5%

Semi-routine8.7%

Routine7.9%

Never worked or long-term unemployed6.1%

KilmingtonDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Kilmington

10%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 10%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.1× England’s share

10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, against 11% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.

Households

2.2 people per household, fewer than in 66% of UK towns

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 19%Living alone, under 66 8.3%Families with dependent children 20%Couples and families, no young children 50%Shared houses and other 2.2%

Against Devon’s towns and England’s towns

Kilmington

Devon’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person28%

2 people43%

3 people15%

4 people9.8%

5 or more5.4%

England’s towns.

The figure for one-person households is 28% in Kilmington and 30% across England’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 57% of UK towns.

Homes & cars

2.5% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 96% of UK towns

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Kilmington

Devon’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van10%

One41%

Two35%

Three or more14%

KilmingtonDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

By its share of households without a car or van (10%), Kilmington is below just over four fifths of UK towns. To put it in context, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. For Kilmington, the census puts households in terraced houses at 12%.

Where people were born

Kilmington: 99% of residents have English as their main language, above 96% 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%

Kilmington

5.6%

Devon’s towns

7.9%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language99%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.7%

Another main language, little or no English0%

KilmingtonDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

Residents born outside the UK make up 5.6%, against 18% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.

Ethnicity & religion

Residents who describe themselves as White British: 95%, a higher share than 77% 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

KilmingtonDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White2.2%

Asian1.3%

Mixed1.4%

Black0%

Other0.1%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 95% of Kilmington · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

KilmingtonDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion40%

Christian52%

Muslim0.3%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist1.2%

Other religion0.3%

Didn’t answer6.3%

0%30%60%

37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, against 40% in Kilmington. Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British. Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 52% of the total.

Relationships & caring

Adults who have never married make up 21% in Kilmington, less than in 99% of UK towns

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership21%

Married or civil partnership59%

Separated1%

Divorced9%

Widowed10%

KilmingtonDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

80residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 9%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week4.4%

20 to 49 hours1.1%

50 hours or more3.5%

The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 31. On unpaid carers, Kilmington sits lower than 60% of UK towns: 9%. Across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 39%.

Qualifications

Adults qualified to degree level or above: 34%

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications14%

Apprenticeship5.9%

A levels or similar18%

Degree level34%

KilmingtonDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

Kilmington’s adults: 34% with a degree-level qualification and 14% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.

Neighbours

Kilmington sits below 2 of its 7 closest neighbours on median age

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

AxminsterColytonUplymeSeatonLyme RegisTatworthBeerKilmington

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Kilmington	929	—	56.6	39%	20%
Axminster	6,094	2 mi	46.8	27%	24%
Colyton	1,938	3.1 mi	55.7	35%	19%
Uplyme	1,053	4.8 mi	54	29%	25%
Seaton	7,429	5 mi	61	44%	14%
Lyme Regis	3,741	5.6 mi	59.9	40%	16%
Tatworth	2,287	6 mi	52.3	31%	22%
Beer	1,280	6.2 mi	54.9	34%	19%

More about Kilmington’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

“Devon’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Devon (or England), summed the same way as Kilmington’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 Kilmington’s residents

What is the population of Kilmington?

The 2021 Census counted 929 people in Kilmington’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Kilmington?

The median age was 56.6 at the 2021 Census. 8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 39% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Kilmington?

95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 5.6% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Kilmington?

40% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 6.3% didn’t answer.

Is Kilmington good for families?

20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Kilmington’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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