Photo: Philip Pankhurst · CC BY-SA 2.0One-person households make up 22% in Kingstone, less than in 95% of UK towns
With a median age of 40.1, Kingstone is younger than four fifths of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 1,500 residents in 595 households. 33% of households have dependent children. Across England’s towns, the share of households in flats is 23%; Kingstone has 2.7%.
More residents aged 15 to 24 than 62% of UK towns: 10%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
There is little gap on residents aged 65 and over: 18%, about the same as across England’s towns. To put it in context, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. 55–59 is the most common age band: 7.9% of residents.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Kingstone sits below 64% of UK towns for full-time students (4.5%)
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 Kingstone, 29% and 30%. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. On the census count, one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Bigger households than 95% of UK towns: 2.6 people each on average
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Herefordshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
The share of shared households of unrelated adults is 2%, against 4.3% across England’s towns.
Households without a car or van make up 9.7% in Kingstone, less than in 84% 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
Just over two in five households live in a detached house; across England’s towns the figure is 21%. To put it in context, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns. Locally, 13% of households live in a terraced house.
4% of residents were born outside the UK, below 77% 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
98% of residents have English as their main language; across England’s towns the figure is 90%. The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%). For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 72% of UK towns, at 95%
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 Kingstone · Herefordshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns, Kingstone has 53%. On average, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. In Kingstone, 40% of residents said they have no religion.
52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 75% 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
For 41 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Fewer adults who have never married than in 63% of UK towns: 30%. The benchmark for married adults and civil partners across England’s towns: 44%. 9% of residents give unpaid care, about the same as across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 27% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Kingstone’s adults: 27% with a degree-level qualification and 18% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Around Kingstone, 5 of 6 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingstone | 1,500 | — | 40.1 | 18% | 33% |
| Clehonger | 1,218 | 1.7 mi | 46.1 | 27% | 25% |
| Credenhill | 2,334 | 4.8 mi | 36.8 | 15% | 39% |
| Ewyas Harold | 1,037 | 5.2 mi | 50.6 | 30% | 23% |
| Hereford | 60,471 | 5.6 mi | 40.9 | 19% | 27% |
| Bartestree | 1,655 | 9 mi | 43.6 | 16% | 31% |
| Weobley | 1,273 | 9.5 mi | 56.2 | 36% | 20% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Herefordshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Herefordshire (or England), summed the same way as Kingstone’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 Kingstone’s residents
What is the population of Kingstone?
The 2021 Census counted 1,500 people in Kingstone’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Kingstone?
The median age was 40.1 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Kingstone?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Herefordshire’s towns. 4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Kingstone?
40% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Kingstone good for families?
33% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Kingstone’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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