Photo: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 97% of UK towns: half of Kingston is over 56
18% of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. The share of households in flats stands at 2%. Compared with other places, households in detached houses are common here: 71%, more than in 99% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census Kingston was home to 474 people in 204 households.
35% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 97% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
In Kingston, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, beside 12% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
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.
In Kingston, 6.9% of adults are full-time students, more than in 91% 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%.
By class, 43% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 12% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Here, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
27% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 74% 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.
Households in Kingston hold 2.3 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). Typically, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 5.4%.
Below 97% of UK towns: 6.3% of households have no car or van
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
14% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. Add to that, every 16th household or so has no car or van.
Residents whose main language is English make up 99% in Kingston, more than in 91% 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 two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.3%). As a yardstick, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. 5.3% of residents were born outside the UK, a lower share than in 61% of UK towns.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 64% of UK towns: 52%
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: 92% of Kingston · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
37% of residents said they have no religion, about the same as across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as White British are common here: 92%, more than in just over half of UK towns. Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 46% across England’s towns, for comparison. After White British, the largest groups are Mixed or multiple (3.6%), Other White (2.1%) and Indian (0.8%).
26% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 88% 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
Married adults and civil partners make up 54%, against 44% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 39%. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 14. Few places have as many unpaid carers: 10% here, more than in 74% of UK towns.
A degree-level qualification for 46% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
9.9% of Kingston’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 46% have one at degree level (34%). Students still working towards a degree help explain why A levels are the highest qualification of 19%.
The towns around Kingston are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston | 474 | — | 56 | 35% | 18% |
| Bridge | 1,539 | 2.1 mi | 52.6 | 32% | 25% |
| Aylesham | 5,788 | 2.4 mi | 33.2 | 12% | 40% |
| Littlebourne | 1,596 | 4 mi | 49.4 | 28% | 26% |
| Sibertswold | 1,619 | 4.3 mi | 54.3 | 32% | 23% |
| Wingham | 1,313 | 4.7 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 25% |
| Canterbury | 55,107 | 5.3 mi | 27.5 | 13% | 24% |
| Eythorne | 1,487 | 5.4 mi | 51.6 | 25% | 22% |
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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 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 Kingston’s residents
What is the population of Kingston?
The 2021 Census counted 474 people in Kingston’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Kingston?
The median age was 56 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Kingston?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 5.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Kingston?
37% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 8.4% didn’t answer.
Is Kingston good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on 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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