Photo: Totnesmartin · Public domainKingskerswell is older than 93% of UK towns: a median age of 52.7
Households with dependent children: 22%, below 90% of UK towns. Meanwhile, 96% of residents describe themselves as White British, a higher share than in 87% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 3,761 residents and 1,679 households in Kingskerswell. Across Kingskerswell, 14% of households live in a terraced house.
What the Census says about Kingskerswell’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Kingskerswell’s residents are under 52.7 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 30% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Many carers
453 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 12% of those 5 and over: more than in 98% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Above 91% of UK towns: 30% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns, against 9.4% in Kingskerswell. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Kingskerswell, 52.7. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
Kingskerswell ranks below 67% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 7.9%
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 account for 31% of Kingskerswell’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 24%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. In Kingskerswell, 4.9% of adults are full-time students. Typically, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Smaller households than 69% of UK towns: 2.2 people on average
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Devon’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
At 3.5%, shared households of unrelated adults sit close to the figure across England’s towns. For Kingskerswell, the census puts one-person households at 30%.
46% of households live in a detached house, a share 86% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Nearly one in ten households live in a flat or apartment; across England’s towns the figure is 23%. The share of households without a car or van stands at 13%. The usual figure: 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Kingskerswell: 99% of residents have English as their main language, above 92% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%; Kingskerswell has 3.7%. As a reference point, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%).
Kingskerswell: 53% of residents describe themselves as Christian, above 69% 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 Kingskerswell · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (1.9%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and Indian (0.3%). The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46% across England’s towns. Lower than in 54% of UK towns: 41% of residents said they have no religion.
Kingskerswell: 12% of residents give unpaid care, above 98% 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
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns, against 27% in Kingskerswell. On average, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Here, 52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Among adults, 27% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 27% of adults in Kingskerswell, 34% across England’s towns; 19% have no qualification, against 18%.
Among 530 UK towns of 3,000 to 5,000 people, the 54th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Bailrigg (18.9) and the oldest Milford on Sea (64.6). Nearest to Kingskerswell in age: Gresford (52.6), Hartley Wintney (52.7), Keswick (52.8) and Walton (52.9).
Older than Kingskerswell: 3 of the 7 towns nearby
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingskerswell | 3,761 | — | 52.7 | 30% | 22% |
| Abbotskerswell | 1,182 | 1.6 mi | 57.8 | 38% | 20% |
| Newton Abbot | 29,650 | 2.4 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 27% |
| Ipplepen | 2,150 | 2.8 mi | 54.4 | 34% | 21% |
| Torquay | 52,034 | 2.8 mi | 46.9 | 24% | 23% |
| Marldon | 2,073 | 3.2 mi | 54 | 31% | 24% |
| Kingsteignton | 11,945 | 3.5 mi | 45.2 | 22% | 27% |
| Denbury | 1,482 | 3.6 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 27% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Kingskerswell’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 Kingskerswell’s residents
What is the population of Kingskerswell?
The 2021 Census counted 3,761 people in Kingskerswell’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Kingskerswell?
The median age was 52.7 at the 2021 Census, older than 93% of UK towns. 9.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Kingskerswell?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 3.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Kingskerswell?
41% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Kingskerswell good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Kingskerswell’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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