Photo: Motacilla · CC BY-SA 3.0Kennington ranks below 98% of UK towns on households in terraced houses: 4.9%
The median age in Kennington is 49, higher than in 80% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 4,595 residents here, living in 1,963 households. For Kennington, the census puts households with dependent children at 24%. Just over two in five households live in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
Kennington changed by +4% from 2011 to 2024, behind 65% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Kennington’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 4,500 people in 2011; 4,700 in 2024.
The largest rise in a single year came from mid-2015 to mid-2016: 100 people. The 30 to 44 group saw the biggest change (+13%), the 16 to 29 group the smallest (−3%).
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.5% in Kennington, less than in 86% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
In Kennington, 26% of residents are 65 or over, beside 18% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 7.9% of residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Kennington, 49. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 85% of UK towns: 4% of adults are full-time students
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%.
In Kennington, just over two in five adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 21% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The census found that nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier here. Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 4.3% in Kennington, more than in 94% 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.
30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns, against 28% in Kennington. Still, at 2.3 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns.
Households in flats make up 10% in Kennington, less than in 53% 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
In Kennington, 15% of households have no car or van. The share of households in flats across England’s towns is 23%.
Kennington sits below 83% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (94%)
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
Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK; in Kennington, 16%. For comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (6.4%) and in the Middle East and Asia (4.6%).
79% of residents describe themselves as White British, fewer than in 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: 79% of Kennington · Oxfordshire’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (9.1%), Mixed or multiple (3.3%) and Indian (1.6%). For comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as Christian are common here: 52%, more than in 63% of UK towns. Asked about religion, 36% answered none, against 37% across England’s towns.
More married adults and civil partners than 86% of UK towns: 54%
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
At 8.8%, unpaid carers sit close to the figure across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners is 44%. Adults who have never married: 29% of the total.
Among adults, 41% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Kennington, 16%, while 41% hold one at degree level (34%).
217th highest 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 Kennington in age: Marple Bridge (49), Stalham (49), Minster (Thanet) (49) and Upper Beeding (49).
A younger town than 1 of the 7 around it: Kennington
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kennington | 4,595 | — | 49 | 26% | 24% |
| Radley | 2,079 | 1.8 mi | 26.2 | 16% | 27% |
| Oxford | 170,799 | 2.5 mi | 32 | 12% | 28% |
| Wootton (Vale of White Horse) | 2,428 | 3 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 28% |
| Abingdon-on-Thames | 33,179 | 3.1 mi | 42.4 | 20% | 27% |
| Shippon | 1,894 | 3.2 mi | 29.1 | 8.9% | 54% |
| Garsington | 1,295 | 3.3 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 24% |
| Chawley | 1,127 | 3.6 mi | 42.8 | 17% | 36% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “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 Kennington’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Kennington’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 4,554 people in 2021, against 4,595 in the built-up area.
- 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 Kennington’s residents
What is the population of Kennington?
The 2021 Census counted 4,595 people in Kennington’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 4,700 people in mid-2024, 4% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Kennington?
The median age was 49 at the 2021 Census, older than 80% of UK towns. 8.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Kennington?
79% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Oxfordshire’s towns. 16% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Kennington?
36% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 3.4% were Muslim and 6.5% didn’t answer.
Is Kennington good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Kennington’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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