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60.8Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Kingsdown is older than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 60.8

5.2% of households live in a terraced house (England’s towns: 24%). The census found that 17% of households have dependent children in Kingsdown. The village has fewer households in flats than 96% of UK towns, at 2.5%. The 2021 Census counted 1,687 residents in 781 households.

41%aged 65 or over 7.8%born abroad 781households

What stands out · In brief

What the Census says about Kingsdown’s people

60.8median age, older than 99% of UK towns 11%of residents give unpaid care; England’s towns 8.7%

Older than most towns

Half of Kingsdown’s residents are under 60.8 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 41% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓

Many carers

188 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 11% of those 5 and over: more than in 92% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓

Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).

Ages

Kingsdown ranks above 99% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 41%

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

KingsdownEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

Compared with 12% across England’s towns, 4.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24 here. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1511%

15 to 244.9%

25 to 4412%

45 to 6430%

65 and over41%

KingsdownKent’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

Kingsdown

England

WomenMen

About 93 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.

Students & newcomers

A smaller share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns: 2.8%

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

Full-time students2.8%

Higher managerial and professional16%

Lower managerial and professional29%

Intermediate12%

Small employers and self-employed14%

Supervisory and technical4.7%

Semi-routine9.1%

Routine4.9%

Never worked or long-term unemployed8.2%

KingsdownKent’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Kingsdown

7.7%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

128

residents, 7.6%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.3× England’s share

By its share of residents who moved in within the year (7.6%), Kingsdown is below nearly three quarters of UK towns. Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.

Households

Smaller households than 87% of UK towns: 2.1 people on average

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 20%Living alone, under 66 8.3%Families with dependent children 17%Couples and families, no young children 53%Shared houses and other 2%

Against Kent’s towns and England’s towns

Kingsdown

Kent’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person28%

2 people49%

3 people10%

4 people9.3%

5 or more3.5%

England’s towns.

Against a figure of 30% across England’s towns, the share of one-person households in Kingsdown comes in at 28%. Add to that, the village has fewer shared households of unrelated adults than 67% of UK towns, at 2.1%.

Homes & cars

In Kingsdown, 70% of households live in a detached house, more than in 99% of UK towns

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Kingsdown

Kent’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van9.3%

One39%

Two39%

Three or more12%

KingsdownKent’s townsEngland’s towns

In Kingsdown, nearly one in ten households have no car or van, beside 24% across England’s towns. 2.5% of households live in a flat, less than in 96% of UK towns; 70% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.

Where people were born

A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 89% of UK towns: 99%

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%

Kingsdown

7.8%

Kent’s towns

13%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

When those born abroad arrived

KingsdownEngland’s towns

Before 19711971–801981–901991–20002001–102011–132014–162017–192020–21

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language99%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well1%

Another main language, little or no English0%

KingsdownKent’s townsEngland’s towns

The newest arrivals, from 2017 or later, are 3.9% of those born abroad (against 21% across England’s towns). By way of comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. For Kingsdown, the census puts residents born outside the UK at 7.8%.

Ethnicity & religion

Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 59% in Kingsdown, 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

KingsdownKent’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White3.3%

Asian1%

Mixed1.4%

Black0.1%

Other0.6%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 94% of Kingsdown · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

KingsdownKent’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion35%

Christian59%

Muslim0.1%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.5%

Other religion0.2%

Didn’t answer5.4%

0%35%70%

Compared with 73% across England’s towns, 94% of residents describe themselves as White British here. As a reference point, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Here, just over a third of residents said they have no religion.

Relationships & caring

Kingsdown ranks below 99% of UK towns on 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

Never married or in a civil partnership19%

Married or civil partnership59%

Separated1.8%

Divorced9.6%

Widowed11%

KingsdownKent’s townsEngland’s towns

188residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 11%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week5.4%

20 to 49 hours2%

50 hours or more4%

Unpaid carers: 11% here and 8.7% across England’s towns. Typically, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Here, nearly three in five adults are married or in a civil partnership.

Qualifications

Among adults, 40% hold a degree-level qualification

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications15%

Apprenticeship6.2%

A levels or similar14%

Degree level40%

KingsdownKent’s townsEngland’s towns

Degree-level qualifications are held by 40% of Kingsdown’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 15% have no qualification (18%).

Neighbours

Every nearby town is younger than Kingsdown

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

DealSt Margaret's at CliffeGustonWhitfieldEythorneDoverEastryKingsdown

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Kingsdown	1,687	—	60.8	41%	17%
Deal	28,992	2.2 mi	50.3	28%	22%
St Margaret's at Cliffe	2,399	2.4 mi	57	36%	18%
Guston	1,684	4.5 mi	25.5	6.9%	49%
Whitfield	6,509	4.8 mi	44.7	24%	28%
Eythorne	1,487	5.7 mi	51.6	25%	22%
Dover	36,349	5.7 mi	40	18%	28%
Eastry	2,388	5.9 mi	51	28%	24%

More about Kingsdown’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

Health A⁻Life expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commute B⁻Income, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of living C⁻Owners and renters, prices, rents and council tax Schools DEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

“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 Kingsdown’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 Kingsdown’s residents

What is the population of Kingsdown?

The 2021 Census counted 1,687 people in Kingsdown’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Kingsdown?

The median age was 60.8 at the 2021 Census. 4.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 41% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Kingsdown?

94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 7.8% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Kingsdown?

35% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.

Is Kingsdown good for families?

17% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Kingsdown’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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