Photo: Robin Stott · CC BY-SA 2.0Kingsteignton sits above 92% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as White British (96%)
Against a figure of 23% across England’s towns, the share of households in flats in Kingsteignton comes in at 6%. More households in detached houses than in 70% of UK towns: 37%. The town counted 11,945 residents and 5,133 households at the 2021 Census. On the census count, 9.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
What the Census says about Kingsteignton’s people
Growing faster than most
ONS mid-year estimates put Kingsteignton at 11,200 in 2011 and 13,100 in 2024, up 17%, against 10% for England: faster growth than in 81% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Growth of +17% since 2011 puts Kingsteignton ahead of 81% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Kingsteignton’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 11,200 people in 2011; 13,100 in 2024.
In one year, mid-2016 to mid-2017, the population rose by 380, the most of any year. Of the age groups, 65 and over changed most (+35%) and 16 to 29 least (±0%).
A median age of 45.2: Kingsteignton is older than 55% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 18%; Kingsteignton has 22%. In Budleigh Salterton, the oldest of Devon’s towns by this measure, it is 46%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Kingsteignton, 45.2. 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.
Only 4.1% of adults are full-time students in Kingsteignton
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%.
Here 9.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, where the figure across England’s towns is 11%. As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
More shared households of unrelated adults than 81% of UK towns: 3.2%
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.
Against a figure of 30% across England’s towns, the share of one-person households in Kingsteignton comes in at 28%. Across England’s towns, shared households of unrelated adults come to 4.3%. Households here average 2.3 people each. Compared with other places, households with dependent children are common here: 27%, more than in 51% of UK towns.
Households without a car or van: 12%, a lower share than 71% of UK towns
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
At 24%, households in terraced houses sit close to the figure across England’s towns. About one household in 9 lives without a car or van.
Below 86% of UK towns: 3.4% of residents were born outside the UK
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
Since 2017: 5.2% of those born abroad, against 21% across England’s towns. For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%. Across Kingsteignton, 99% of residents have English as their main language.
Residents with no religion make up 47% in Kingsteignton, more than in 83% 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 Kingsteignton · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (1.6%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Chinese (0.1%). Few places have so few residents who describe themselves as Christian: 46% here, fewer than in three quarters of UK towns. Measured more widely, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
Unpaid carers make up 10% in Kingsteignton, more than in 74% 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
The share of adults who have never married is 31%, against 39% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. 348 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Compared with other places, married adults and civil partners are common here: 48%, more than in 51% of UK towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 26%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Kingsteignton’s adults: 26% with a degree-level qualification and 16% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
From a median age of 40 in Ogwell, Mile End & Teigngrace to 50 in Bishopsteignton & Shaldon
The town’s 3 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Bishopsteignton & Shaldon is the oldest area, with 26% aged 65 or over; Ogwell, Mile End & Teigngrace the youngest (median age 40). Families with children are most common in Ogwell, Mile End & Teigngrace (28% of households).
Among 432 UK towns of 8,000 to 16,000 people, the 174th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 25 in Aberystwyth to 60.4 in Sidmouth. Nearest to Kingsteignton in age: Kippax (45.2), Meltham (45.2), Oswaldtwistle (45.3) and New Mills (45.3).
Kingsteignton and its 7 nearest towns: 5 of them are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsteignton | 11,945 | — | 45.2 | 22% | 27% |
| Newton Abbot | 29,650 | 1.7 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 27% |
| Bishopsteignton | 2,271 | 2.2 mi | 62 | 45% | 16% |
| Chudleigh Knighton | 1,168 | 2.9 mi | 49.5 | 28% | 22% |
| Heathfield | 1,496 | 2.9 mi | 37.5 | 11% | 30% |
| Abbotskerswell | 1,182 | 3.2 mi | 57.8 | 38% | 20% |
| Kingskerswell | 3,761 | 3.5 mi | 52.7 | 30% | 22% |
| Coldeast | 1,186 | 3.5 mi | 56.4 | 35% | 18% |
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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 Kingsteignton’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Kingsteignton’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 12,731 people in 2021, against 11,945 in the built-up area.
- 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 Kingsteignton’s residents
What is the population of Kingsteignton?
The 2021 Census counted 11,945 people in Kingsteignton’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 13,100 people in mid-2024, 17% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Kingsteignton?
The median age was 45.2 at the 2021 Census, older than 55% of UK towns. 9.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Kingsteignton?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 3.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Kingsteignton?
47% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 6.6% didn’t answer.
Is Kingsteignton good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Ogwell, Mile End & Teigngrace (28% of households). Schools are on Kingsteignton’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024 · House of Commons Library MSOA names. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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