Photo: Trish Steel · CC BY-SA 2.0Kington Magna is older than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 62.2
Married adults and civil partners: 65% here and 44% across England’s towns. Kington Magna has more residents who describe themselves as White British than 98% of UK towns, at 97%. At the 2021 Census, 351 people lived here, in 168 households. 15% of households have dependent children.
Kington Magna ranks above 99% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 44%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Young people aged 15 to 24 make up 4.8% of residents, against 12% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
In Kington Magna, 3.4% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 96% 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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Kington Magna, 29% and 17%. As a reference point, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Here, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
21% of households are one person living alone, below 96% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Dorset’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 3%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. The average household has 2.1 people. Across England’s towns, 30% of households are one person living alone.
A smaller share of households in terraced houses than 99% of UK towns: 1.8%
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 a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns, against 8.5% in Kington Magna. Households in detached houses: nearly two thirds of the total. At 2.4%, the share of households in flats is lower than in 96% of UK towns.
A smaller share of residents born outside the UK than 66% of UK towns: 4.8%
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3.4%) or in Africa (1.4%). Few places have as many residents whose main language is English: 98% here, more than in 63% of UK towns. Against that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 64%, a higher share than 98% 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: 97% of Kington Magna · Dorset’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents with no religion is 30% in Kington Magna and 37% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Kington Magna sits below 99% of UK towns for adults who have never married (19%)
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
With unpaid carers at 11%, Kington Magna is ahead of 93% of UK towns on that count. By way of comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Among adults, 31% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
19% of Kington Magna’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 31% have one at degree level (34%).
Every neighbour of Kington Magna 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kington Magna | 351 | — | 62.2 | 44% | 15% |
| Marnhull | 1,466 | 2.6 mi | 59.5 | 40% | 16% |
| Henstridge | 1,579 | 3.3 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 24% |
| Templecombe | 1,657 | 3.4 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 24% |
| Gillingham | 11,009 | 3.5 mi | 48.5 | 27% | 24% |
| Stalbridge | 2,367 | 3.7 mi | 55.6 | 35% | 20% |
| Wincanton | 6,744 | 4.7 mi | 41.9 | 22% | 28% |
| Sturminster Newton | 3,565 | 5.5 mi | 48.2 | 28% | 24% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Dorset’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Dorset (or England), summed the same way as Kington Magna’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 Kington Magna’s residents
What is the population of Kington Magna?
The 2021 Census counted 351 people in Kington Magna’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Kington Magna?
The median age was 62.2 at the 2021 Census. 4.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 44% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Kington Magna?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Dorset’s towns. 4.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Kington Magna?
30% said they had no religion and 64% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Kington Magna good for families?
15% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Kington Magna’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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