Photo: Dbown100 · CC BY 3.0Older than 98% of UK towns: half of Kingsdon is over 56.6
1.8% of households live in a flat or apartment (England’s towns: 23%). The census found that a fifth of households have dependent children in Kingsdon. Adults who have never married are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. The village had 366 residents in 165 households at the 2021 Census.
Below 94% of UK towns: 7.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over: 30% here and 18% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
Kingsdon: 5.6% of adults are full-time students, above 77% of UK towns
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%.
Just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, against 10% in Kingsdon. For full-time students, the comparison across England’s towns is 7.9%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
One-person households: 23%, a lower share than 93% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Somerset’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Here 2.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, where the figure across England’s towns is 4.3%. For comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Average household size: 2.2 people.
Households in terraced houses make up 6.1% in Kingsdon, less than in 97% 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 Kingsdon, 51% of households live in a detached house, beside 21% across England’s towns. Here, 9.3% of households have no car or van. The comparison figure for households in terraced houses is 24% across England’s towns.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 84% 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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.5%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.4%). Elsewhere, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Fewer residents born outside the UK than in nearly two thirds of UK towns: 4.9%.
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 96% in Kingsdon, more than in 92% 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: 96% of Kingsdon · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
60% of residents describe themselves as Christian (England’s towns: 46%). Locally, 31% of residents said they have no religion. Set beside that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Married adults and civil partners make up 66% in Kingsdon, 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
12 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. As a yardstick, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. There is little gap on unpaid carers: 9.3%, about the same as across England’s towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 43% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Kingsdon’s adults: 43% with a degree-level qualification and 12% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
The towns around Kingsdon are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsdon | 366 | — | 56.6 | 30% | 20% |
| Ilchester | 2,062 | 1.7 mi | 35.3 | 14% | 37% |
| Somerton | 5,106 | 2.7 mi | 50 | 30% | 24% |
| Keinton Mandeville | 1,216 | 3.4 mi | 50.7 | 26% | 27% |
| Martock | 4,079 | 5.3 mi | 50.8 | 29% | 20% |
| Langport | 3,578 | 5.8 mi | 50.4 | 29% | 22% |
| Stoke sub Hamdon | 1,360 | 6 mi | 51.2 | 27% | 22% |
| Yeovil | 50,170 | 6.4 mi | 40 | 19% | 28% |
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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.
- “Somerset’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Somerset (or England), summed the same way as Kingsdon’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 Kingsdon’s residents
What is the population of Kingsdon?
The 2021 Census counted 366 people in Kingsdon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Kingsdon?
The median age was 56.6 at the 2021 Census. 7.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Kingsdon?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 4.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Kingsdon?
31% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.9% didn’t answer.
Is Kingsdon good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Kingsdon’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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