Photo: Stacey Harris · CC BY-SA 2.0A larger share of households with dependent children than 99% of UK towns: 47%
With residents aged 65 and over at 12%, Kings Hill is behind 96% of UK towns on that count. Across Kings Hill, 18% of households are one person living alone. 58% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a higher share than in 95% of UK towns. There were 3,571 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 9,963 residents.
What the Census says about Kings Hill’s people
A town of families
47% of Kings Hill’s 3,571 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 99% of UK towns. 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing faster than most
ONS mid-year estimates put Kings Hill at 7,800 in 2011 and 10,100 in 2024, up 28%, against 10% for England: faster growth than in 93% 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.
Since 2011, Kings Hill has grown +28%, faster than 93% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Kings Hill’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 7,800 people in 2011; 10,100 in 2024.
Between mid-2021 and mid-2022 the population rose by 370, its biggest one-year gain. Change by age ran from +143% for the 65 and over to −18% for the 30 to 44.
Younger than 80% of UK towns: half of Kings Hill is under 40.1
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 45–49: 9.9% of residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. At 11%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is higher than in 83% of UK towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Kings Hill, 40.1. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
7.3% of adults are full-time students, more than in 92% 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%.
10% of residents lived at another address a year before the Census, against 11% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Kings Hill households average 2.8 people, larger than in 99% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Kent’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Where 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, Kings Hill has 2.1%.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns, at 4.4%
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
Set against 23% across England’s towns, 10% of households live in a flat or apartment in Kings Hill. By contrast, at 48%, the share of households in detached houses is higher than in 88% of UK towns. The usual figure: nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns. Households in terraced houses: 16% of the total.
Residents born outside the UK: 12%, a higher share than 79% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Most residents from abroad were born in Africa (3.5%) or in EU countries (3.3%). Lower than in 64% of UK towns: 97% of residents have English as their main language. Across the comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Among those born abroad, the share arriving in 2017 or later is 16% (England’s towns: 21%).
84% of residents describe themselves as White British, below 80% 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: 84% of Kings Hill · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (6%), Mixed or multiple (3%) and Indian (1.8%). Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 73% across England’s towns. Compared with 37% across England’s towns, 40% of residents said they have no religion here.
27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 83% 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
184 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. Lower than in 94% of UK towns: 7.3% of residents give unpaid care. The comparison figure for adults who have never married is 39% across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 40%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 40% of adults in Kings Hill, 34% across England’s towns; 10% have no qualification, against 18%. The highest qualification of 20% is A levels, often students still at university.
Ranked by age, 60th youngest of 413 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Tidworth (28.4), the youngest, and Seaton (61), the oldest. Nearest to Kings Hill in age: Beddau (40), Stansted Mountfitchet (40.1), Cotgrave (40.2) and Padiham (40.3).
Kings Hill is younger than 5 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Hill | 9,963 | — | 40.1 | 12% | 47% |
| Wateringbury | 2,248 | 1.4 mi | 48.7 | 23% | 26% |
| West Malling | 4,251 | 1.8 mi | 39.1 | 19% | 31% |
| Larkfield | 26,147 | 2.5 mi | 42 | 20% | 32% |
| Yalding | 1,549 | 3.4 mi | 46.5 | 22% | 28% |
| East Peckham | 2,144 | 4.2 mi | 47.7 | 26% | 29% |
| Snodland | 11,820 | 4.2 mi | 38.6 | 16% | 31% |
| Hadlow | 3,168 | 4.4 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 25% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “Kent’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Kent (or England), summed the same way as Kings Hill’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. Kings Hill’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 9,510 people in 2021, against 9,963 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 Kings Hill’s residents
What is the population of Kings Hill?
The 2021 Census counted 9,963 people in Kings Hill’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 10,100 people in mid-2024, 28% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Kings Hill?
The median age was 40.1 at the 2021 Census, younger than 80% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 12% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Kings Hill?
84% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 12% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Kings Hill?
40% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.9% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Kings Hill good for families?
47% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Kings Hill’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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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