Photo: Mike Faherty · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 93% of UK towns: half of Winterborne Kingston is over 52.6
By its share of one-person households (22%), Winterborne Kingston is below 96% of UK towns. Meanwhile, the village has more married adults and civil partners than 99% of UK towns, at 61%. In 2021, the Census found 719 residents locally, living in 310 households. Households with dependent children account for 23%.
Fewer young people than 99% of UK towns: 5.8% are 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 55–59: 11% of residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over account for 27%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
Winterborne Kingston sits below 99% of UK towns for full-time students (2.3%)
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 6.1%, below 96% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, full-time students come to 7.9%.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 1.6% in Winterborne Kingston, less than in 88% 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.
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Winterborne Kingston, 2.4. Typically, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
Winterborne Kingston ranks below 99% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 4.2%
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 live in a terraced house across England’s towns, against 15% in Winterborne Kingston. On the census count, 1.9% of households live in a flat or apartment. More households in detached houses than in 89% of UK towns: 49%.
In Winterborne Kingston, 100% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 99% 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 figure for residents born outside the UK is 4.7% in Winterborne Kingston and 18% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.4%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1%).
Winterborne Kingston sits above 86% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as White British (96%)
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 Winterborne Kingston · Dorset’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
On residents with no religion, 37% here is much the same as across England’s towns. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 73% across England’s towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian stands at 56%.
Fewer adults who have never married than 98% of UK towns: 23%
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 figure for unpaid carers is 12% in Winterborne Kingston and 8.7% across England’s towns. The benchmark for adults who have never married across England’s towns: 39%. 18 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week.
36% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 36% of its adults qualified to degree level, Winterborne Kingston compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 17% hold no qualification (18%).
A younger town than 1 of the 7 around it: Winterborne Kingston
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winterborne Kingston | 719 | — | 52.6 | 27% | 23% |
| Bere Regis | 1,320 | 2.1 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 22% |
| Milborne St Andrew | 1,090 | 3.7 mi | 52.7 | 28% | 21% |
| Charlton Marshall | 1,084 | 4.4 mi | 51.9 | 30% | 25% |
| Lytchett Matravers | 3,455 | 5.4 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 27% |
| Sturminster Marshall | 1,504 | 5.4 mi | 48.4 | 24% | 30% |
| Blandford Forum | 11,805 | 5.8 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 24% |
| Wool | 5,044 | 6 mi | 37.6 | 17% | 33% |
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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 Winterborne Kingston’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 Winterborne Kingston’s residents
What is the population of Winterborne Kingston?
The 2021 Census counted 719 people in Winterborne Kingston’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Winterborne Kingston?
The median age was 52.6 at the 2021 Census. 5.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Winterborne Kingston?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Dorset’s towns. 4.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Winterborne Kingston?
37% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Winterborne Kingston good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Winterborne Kingston’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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