Photo: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0One-person households make up 22% in Kingsnorth, less than in 96% of UK towns
The average household has 2.4 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Kingsnorth is home to 433 residents in 176 households, by the 2021 Census. Here, 50% of households live in a detached house. Fewer adults who have never married than in 80% of UK towns: 28%.
Older than 76% of UK towns: half of Kingsnorth is over 48.4
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.8%, Kingsnorth is behind four fifths of UK towns on that count. Meanwhile, residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in nearly two thirds of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
3.8% of adults are full-time students, below 89% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 34% of Kingsnorth’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 23%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Across Kingsnorth, 7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Kingsnorth ranks above 78% of UK towns on households with dependent children: 31%
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.
Few places have so few shared households of unrelated adults: 2.3% here, fewer than in 53% of UK towns. Set beside that, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Fewer car-free households than 83% of UK towns: 9.8%
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
17% of households live in a terraced house (England’s towns: 24%). Compared with other places, households in flats are scarce here: 5.7%, fewer than in 79% of UK towns.
Kingsnorth: 7.9% of residents were born outside the UK, above 63% 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 share of residents whose main language is English trails 53% of UK towns: 98%. The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.3%).
A lower share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 71% of UK towns, at 88%
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: 88% of Kingsnorth · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (4.6%), Mixed or multiple (3.2%) and Indian (1.6%). At 51%, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is higher than in just over three fifths of UK towns. The wider picture: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 37%; Kingsnorth has 40%.
Above 88% of UK towns: 55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership
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
Some 15 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. At 7.9%, the share of unpaid carers is lower than in 86% of UK towns. Set beside that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 31% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
31% of Kingsnorth’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 21% have none (18%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 2 are older than Kingsnorth
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsnorth | 433 | — | 48.4 | 24% | 31% |
| Finberry | 1,571 | 1.5 mi | 30.3 | 4.1% | 47% |
| Ashford | 82,143 | 1.7 mi | 37.2 | 15% | 35% |
| Shadoxhurst | 1,009 | 1.9 mi | 48.2 | 25% | 26% |
| Hamstreet | 1,738 | 3.8 mi | 45.6 | 23% | 31% |
| Aldington | 1,280 | 4.1 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 33% |
| Bethersden | 1,008 | 4.6 mi | 50.8 | 28% | 24% |
| Woodchurch | 1,201 | 4.7 mi | 56.8 | 39% | 22% |
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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 Kingsnorth’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 Kingsnorth’s residents
What is the population of Kingsnorth?
The 2021 Census counted 433 people in Kingsnorth’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Kingsnorth?
The median age was 48.4 at the 2021 Census. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Kingsnorth?
88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 7.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Kingsnorth?
40% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.5% didn’t answer.
Is Kingsnorth good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Kingsnorth’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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