Photo: Penny Mayes · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 53.4: Kingswood is older than 94% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners is 44%; Kingswood has 64%. Census day 2021: 1,371 residents and 583 households here. In Kingswood, 6.8% of households have no car or van. 54% of households live in a detached house, a higher share than in 93% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Kingswood’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Kingswood’s residents are under 53.4 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 30% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
6.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 18%; Kingswood has 30%. On average, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns, at 2.5%
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 Kingswood, 40% and 18%. The share of full-time students across England’s towns is 7.9%. Residents who moved in within the year account for 5.2%.
In Kingswood, 24% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 90% 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 with dependent children: 23% here and 29% across England’s towns. Against that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. The census found that 2.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Kingswood.
Kingswood ranks below 99% of UK towns on households in flats: 1.4%
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
With households in terraced houses at 9.3%, Kingswood is behind 91% of UK towns on that count. Across England’s towns, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment.
Residents whose main language is English: 99%, a higher share than 96% 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
Against a figure of 18% across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK in Kingswood comes in at 4.5%. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.5%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1.5%). For residents whose main language is English, the comparison across England’s towns is 90%.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 60%, a higher share than 94% 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: 95% of Kingswood · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%; Kingswood has 95%. Still, on residents with no religion, Kingswood sits lower than just over four fifths of UK towns: 35%. The usual figure: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (1.8%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and African (0.6%).
19% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 99% 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
55 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Few places have as many unpaid carers: 10% here, more than in just over three quarters of UK towns. On average, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Qualified to degree level: 27% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 27% of adults in Kingswood, 34% across England’s towns; 16% have no qualification, against 18%.
Every neighbour of Kingswood has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingswood | 1,371 | — | 53.4 | 30% | 23% |
| Sutton Valence | 1,457 | 1.9 mi | 45.8 | 21% | 28% |
| Lenham and Harrietsham | 4,763 | 2.5 mi | 43.5 | 24% | 29% |
| Bearsted | 8,349 | 3.8 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 29% |
| Headcorn | 3,293 | 4 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 29% |
| Maidstone | 109,503 | 5.4 mi | 38.5 | 16% | 32% |
| Staplehurst | 6,181 | 5.5 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 31% |
| Coxheath | 8,453 | 5.5 mi | 44.3 | 23% | 29% |
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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 Kingswood’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 Kingswood’s residents
What is the population of Kingswood?
The 2021 Census counted 1,371 people in Kingswood’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Kingswood?
The median age was 53.4 at the 2021 Census. 6.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Kingswood?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 4.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Kingswood?
35% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.7% didn’t answer.
Is Kingswood good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Kingswood’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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