Photo: Richard Rogerson · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 94% of UK towns: half of Kencot is over 53.1
Across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children is 29%; Kencot has 21%. 110 residents in 48 households: that is Kencot at the 2021 Census. Census figures put households in detached houses at 59% locally. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.
Residents aged 65 and over: 23%, a higher share than 56% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.9%, against 12% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 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.
Kencot sits above 92% of UK towns for full-time students (7.2%)
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 take in 43% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 18% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. The census found that 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Kencot.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Kencot households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 68% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Oxfordshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Little separates the share of shared households of unrelated adults here, 4.2%, from the figure across England’s towns. In Kencot, 29% of households are one person living alone.
4.1% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 98% of UK towns
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
The figure for households without a car or van is 10% in Kencot and 24% across England’s towns.
Kencot ranks above 99% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 100%
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
Most residents from abroad were born in Africa (2.7%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.8%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%. Here 6.4% of residents were born outside the UK, where the figure across England’s towns is 18%.
Kencot ranks below 96% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 27%
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: 96% of Kencot · Oxfordshire’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%; Kencot has 96%. Census figures put residents who describe themselves as Christian at 63% here. On average, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
In Kencot, 16% of residents give unpaid care, more 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
For 3 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Elsewhere, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Nearly a quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, a lower share than in 97% of UK towns. Against a figure of 44% across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners in Kencot comes in at 60%.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 40%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Kencot, 40% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 13% have no qualification at all (18%). A levels are as far as 20% have gone so far, many of them students midway to a degree.
Older than Kencot: 1 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kencot | 110 | — | 53.1 | 23% | 21% |
| Carterton | 17,951 | 2.4 mi | 35.4 | 13% | 34% |
| Lechlade-on-Thames | 2,208 | 3.8 mi | 51.5 | 29% | 22% |
| Bampton | 2,994 | 3.8 mi | 45.6 | 23% | 26% |
| Burford | 1,522 | 4.5 mi | 56.3 | 37% | 16% |
| Minster Lovell | 1,270 | 5.1 mi | 52.5 | 28% | 22% |
| Aston | 1,174 | 5.5 mi | 47.2 | 22% | 32% |
| Faringdon | 8,625 | 6.3 mi | 40.4 | 18% | 30% |
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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.
- “Oxfordshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Oxfordshire (or England), summed the same way as Kencot’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 Kencot’s residents
What is the population of Kencot?
The 2021 Census counted 110 people in Kencot’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Kencot?
The median age was 53.1 at the 2021 Census. 9.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Kencot?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Oxfordshire’s towns. 6.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Kencot?
27% said they had no religion and 63% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.9% were Muslim and 6.3% didn’t answer.
Is Kencot good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Kencot’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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