Photo: Mr Eugene Birchall · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Kingswear is over 64.1, older than 99% of UK towns
Set against 29% across England’s towns, 6.7% of households have dependent children in Kingswear. In Kingswear, 63% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. 34% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 85% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 422, in 224 households.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 48% in Kingswear, more than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 4.3%, against 12% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students: 1%, a lower share than 99% 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%.
In Kingswear, 50% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 11% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 14% in the village.
1.9 people per household, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
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.
With one-person households at 33%, Kingswear is ahead of 76% of UK towns on that count. In Kingswear, 2.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Fewer households without a car or van than 78% of UK towns: 11%
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
Flats are home to 24% of households, against 23% across England’s towns. In one household in 9 there is no car or van. Nearly a third of households live in a detached house, more than in 59% of UK towns.
Residents whose main language is English: 99%, a higher share than 95% 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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.6%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.9%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%. Residents born outside the UK are more common here than in just over half of UK towns.
In Kingswear, 59% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 92% 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: 95% of Kingswear · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (3.8%), Mixed or multiple (0.5%) and Indian (0.2%). At 95%, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is higher than in nearly three quarters of UK towns. Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 46% across England’s towns, for comparison.
17% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 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
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
Unpaid carers make up 8.6%, close to the figure across England’s towns. The benchmark for adults who have never married across England’s towns: 39%. 6 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 51% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
9.3% of Kingswear’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 51% have one at degree level (34%).
Every neighbour of Kingswear has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingswear | 422 | — | 64.1 | 48% | 6.7% |
| Dartmouth | 5,260 | 1 mi | 54.3 | 32% | 17% |
| Brixham | 17,839 | 3.5 mi | 55.6 | 34% | 18% |
| Stoke Gabriel | 1,340 | 4.6 mi | 53.7 | 32% | 23% |
| Paignton | 67,509 | 6.4 mi | 48.4 | 27% | 24% |
| Marldon | 2,073 | 7.4 mi | 54 | 31% | 24% |
| Totnes | 9,217 | 7.6 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 23% |
| Chillington | 1,074 | 7.8 mi | 56.5 | 35% | 20% |
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 Kingswear’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 Kingswear’s residents
What is the population of Kingswear?
The 2021 Census counted 422 people in Kingswear’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Kingswear?
The median age was 64.1 at the 2021 Census. 4.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 48% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Kingswear?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 6.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Kingswear?
34% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Kingswear good for families?
6.7% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Kingswear’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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.