Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Population 539: a village in Oxfordshire, South East.
Towns under 1,000 residents aren’t graded, so Kingham has no grades; its figures are still real. The median sale price is £845,000. 48% of homes were built before 1919. Roughly one resident in 5 is aged 15 to 24.
The 3 things Kingham does most differently from other towns.
Historic England lists them inside Kingham’s built-up area, along with 1 scheduled monument.
48% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Kingham.
Degrees are held by nearly half of adults, higher than both Oxfordshire’s towns (42%) and England’s towns (34%). Over-65s are 15% of the population. Half the people of Kingham are older than 30.1.
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Kingham | Oxfordshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 24% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 21% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 27% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 25% | 25% |
| 65+ | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 10% | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 4.5% | 4.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 12% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 49% | 42% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Oxfordshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Key Stage 2 results at the 2 primary schools within 3 km: 80% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Kingham Primary School’s results beat 96% of schools in England like it. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingham Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 238 | A+ |
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 40% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
33% of commuters who live in Kingham also work there. Short trips to work, under 5 km: 40%, below both Oxfordshire’s towns (46%) and England’s towns (45%). Households take home £61K a year before tax, on average.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Social renters account for 1% of households. 67% of households own their home, above Oxfordshire’s towns (63%) and England’s towns (61%) alike. Private rents average £1,305 a month across the West Oxfordshire council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £975,000 | 13 |
| Terraced | £810,000 | 5 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Over the year to August 2026, 11 offences were reported in Kingham, along with 4 incidents of anti-social behaviour. Violent crime comes to 5.6 per 1,000 residents a year. Also worth knowing: of all the crimes, 27% were violence and sexual offences.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
A disability affects a tenth of people in Kingham. 93% of the town’s residents described their health as good or very good at the census, above both Oxfordshire’s towns (86%) and England’s towns (82%). There is no GP practice in the town: the nearest is 3.8 miles off.
| Census 2021 | Kingham | Oxfordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 93% | 86% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 1.1% | 3.5% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 10% | 15% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Because the census answers ignore age, a younger population lifts them; that is why the Health Grade is built on age-adjusted measures like life expectancy and early deaths.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Kingham counts 43 listed buildings on the national list (Historic England): 2 Grade II*. For its size, Kingham has 798 listed buildings per 10,000 residents, above Oxfordshire’s towns (105) and England’s towns (39) alike. It has one scheduled monument.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingham | 539 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chipping Norton | 6,991 | 3.6 | B | B | C+ | C |
| Milton-under-Wychwood and Shipton-under-Wychwood | 2,956 | 3.8 | A− | C | B+ | A |
| Stow-on-the-Wold | 1,907 | 4.3 | — | C− | C+ | B+ |
| Upper Rissington | 1,999 | 4.6 | — | C | A− | A |
| Moreton-in-Marsh | 5,015 | 6 | C+ | C | C+ | B+ |
| Bourton-on-the-Water | 4,177 | 6 | A− | C− | B− | A |
| Charlbury | 2,810 | 6.8 | B+ | C | B | A |
Stow-on-the-Wold and Upper Rissington have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
By type: terraced houses £810,000 and detached houses £975,000.
That is 32.7 times the typical UK town for its size. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
Village in Oxfordshire, England
Kingham is a built-up area of 539 people, in the West Oxfordshire council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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