Photo: Motacilla · CC BY-SA 4.0Half of Kingham is under 30.1, younger than 99% of UK towns
The share of households without a car or van is 5.6%, against 24% across England’s towns. Unpaid carers account for 5.9%. On residents who describe themselves as Christian, Kingham sits higher than 91% of UK towns: 58%. At the 2021 Census Kingham was home to 539 people in 168 households.
Kingham sits above 99% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (21%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 15%, against 18% across England’s towns. In Goring, the oldest of Oxfordshire’s towns by this measure, it is 33%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
More students than 99% of UK towns: 17% of adults in Kingham
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%.
Leave the students aside and Kingham’s other adults differ from England’s: 54% are in managerial and professional jobs, against 36%. Higher than in 98% of UK towns: 17% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Across England’s towns, full-time students come to 7.9%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A smaller share of households with dependent children than 87% of UK towns: 23%
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are about as common here as across England’s towns: 4.8%. The share of one-person households stands at 30%. Across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children is 29%.
In Kingham, 51% of households live in a detached house, more than in 90% 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
23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, against 7.9% in Kingham. The wider picture: 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. Across Kingham, 16% of households live in a terraced house.
16% born outside the UK, more than in 88% 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
96% of residents have English as their main language (England’s towns: 90%). Elsewhere, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (5.9%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (4.8%).
Below 82% of UK towns: 83% of residents describe themselves as White British
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: 83% of Kingham · Oxfordshire’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (8.2%), Mixed or multiple (2.6%) and Chinese (2.2%). Set beside that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Lower than in nearly four fifths of UK towns: 36% of residents said they have no religion.
A higher share of adults who have never married than 79% of UK towns, at 37%
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
Married adults and civil partners: 50%, above 64% of UK towns. The share of adults who have never married across England’s towns is 39%.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 49% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Kingham, 49% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 10% have no qualification at all (18%). Many still at university: 12% list A levels as their highest qualification.
Kingham is younger than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingham | 539 | — | 30.1 | 15% | 23% |
| Chipping Norton | 6,991 | 3.6 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 25% |
| Milton-under-Wychwood and Shipton-under-Wychwood | 2,956 | 3.8 mi | 50.8 | 29% | 25% |
| Stow-on-the-Wold | 1,907 | 4.3 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 14% |
| Upper Rissington | 1,999 | 4.6 mi | 38.5 | 9.1% | 41% |
| Moreton-in-Marsh | 5,015 | 6 mi | 46.1 | 25% | 23% |
| Bourton-on-the-Water | 4,177 | 6 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 26% |
| Charlbury | 2,810 | 6.8 mi | 50.1 | 28% | 25% |
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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 Kingham’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 Kingham’s residents
What is the population of Kingham?
The 2021 Census counted 539 people in Kingham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Kingham?
The median age was 30.1 at the 2021 Census. 21% of residents were 15 to 24 and 15% were 65 or over.
Is Kingham a student village?
Yes: 17% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 Census (64 people), against 7.9% across England’s towns.
How diverse is Kingham?
83% 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 Kingham?
36% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 4.8% didn’t answer.
Is Kingham good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Kingham’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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