Photo: Jonathan Clitheroe · CC BY-SA 2.0A higher share of residents with no religion than 94% of UK towns, at 50%
The average household has 2.1 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Lower than in nearly four fifths of UK towns: 24% of households have dependent children. Kimberley had 4,467 residents and 2,095 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 46.2 (older than 63% of UK towns). Households without a car or van: 19% of the total.
What the Census says about Kimberley’s people
More with no religion than most
50% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 43% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Only 8.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Kimberley
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Half of Kimberley’s residents are over 46.2, older than in 63% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. For Kimberley, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 22%. No age band is larger than 55–59: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Kimberley, 46.2. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
Kimberley sits below 75% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (7.5%)
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 34% of Kimberley’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 25%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%. The census found that 4.7% of adults are full-time students in the town.
33% of households are one person living alone, a share 78% of UK towns don’t reach
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Nottinghamshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 2.2% here and 4.3% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Kimberley sits above 77% of UK towns for households in detached houses (41%)
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
Households in terraced houses: 24%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. On the census count, 9% of households live in a flat or apartment. For households in detached houses, the comparison across England’s towns is 21%.
Kimberley sits below 73% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (4.4%)
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
99% of residents have English as their main language; across England’s towns the figure is 90%. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%). For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%.
43% of residents describe themselves as Christian, below 85% 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: 93% of Kimberley · Nottinghamshire’s towns 79% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Kimberley, 93% of residents describe themselves as White British, beside 73% across England’s towns. Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (2.4%), Mixed or multiple (1.5%) and Caribbean (0.5%). To put it in context, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
In Kimberley, 11% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 80% 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
Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 115 people. Kimberley has more adults who have never married than 62% of UK towns, at 34%. Across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers is 8.7%. 46% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, against 44% across England’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 29%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Kimberley’s adults: 29% with a degree-level qualification and 18% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
323rd lowest median age among 695 UK towns of 3,000 to 6,000
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Bailrigg is the youngest (18.9); Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe the oldest (64.7). Nearest to Kimberley in age: Willand (46.1), Hope (46.1), Fleckney (46.2) and Lambourn (46.2).
Kimberley sits below 3 of its 7 closest neighbours on median age
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
Health, work and homes have their own pages
What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Nottinghamshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Nottinghamshire (or England), summed the same way as Kimberley’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 Kimberley’s residents
What is the population of Kimberley?
The 2021 Census counted 4,467 people in Kimberley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Kimberley?
The median age was 46.2 at the 2021 Census, older than 63% of UK towns. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Kimberley?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 79% across Nottinghamshire’s towns. 4.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Kimberley?
50% said they had no religion and 43% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Kimberley good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Kimberley’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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