Electoral wardE05016242
Kington ward, Wiltshire
Kington is one of 98 electoral wards of Wiltshire Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 5,145 residents in 2,017 households — 70 people per km², the 48th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chippenham and South Cotswolds constituencies.
Residents, 20215,145council ward average 5,199
Households2,0172.55 residents per household
Density70/ km²about 73.40 km² · Wiltshire 157
Aged 65+23.5%Wiltshire: 21.8% · under 16: 16.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.7% · 191
5–95.2% · 269
10–157.2% · 370
16–194.6% · 239
20–245.5% · 284
25–347.8% · 404
35–4916.9% · 871
50–6425.5% · 1,311
65–7413.8% · 709
75–847.7% · 396
85+2.0% · 103
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van4.4% · 88
1 car or van27.7% · 558
2 cars or vans43.0% · 866
3 or more25.0% · 503
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wiltshire overall: 66.9% owned, 14.6% social rented, 17.3% private rented.
Owned outright44.7% · 903
With mortgage33.5% · 677
Shared ownership0.6% · 13
Social rented8.7% · 175
Private rented12.4% · 250
Type of home
Detached house59.2% · 1,197
Semi-detached house28.1% · 569
Terraced house9.5% · 193
Purpose-built flat0.7% · 14
Converted house0.3% · 6
Other conversion0.5% · 11
Above shop / office0.3% · 7
Caravan, mobile1.3% · 26
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016242- Council
- Wiltshire Council
- Constituency
- Chippenham, South Cotswolds
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 81 of 98
Parishes in the ward
Chippenham WithoutChristian MalfordKington LangleyKington St. MichaelLangley Burrell WithoutSeagryStanton St. QuintinSutton Benger
Other wards in the same constituency
BBrinkworth26.4% aged 65+ · 81.4% owned4,686BBy Brook23.2% aged 65+ · 75.6% owned4,617CCalne Central22.8% aged 65+ · 65.6% owned4,450CCalne Chilvester & Abberd17.1% aged 65+ · 60.5% owned6,002CCalne North13.7% aged 65+ · 62.9% owned5,113CCalne Rural23.3% aged 65+ · 75.8% owned5,243CChippenham Cepen Park & Derriads17.1% aged 65+ · 72.4% owned5,421CChippenham Cepen Park & Hunters Moon18.8% aged 65+ · 80.7% owned4,499CChippenham Hardenhuish15.5% aged 65+ · 69.4% owned4,706CChippenham Hardens & Central17.0% aged 65+ · 58.5% owned3,954CChippenham Lowden & Rowden18.8% aged 65+ · 63.4% owned3,665CChippenham Monkton28.1% aged 65+ · 74.0% owned2,789CChippenham Pewsham13.7% aged 65+ · 74.1% owned5,380CChippenham Sheldon18.5% aged 65+ · 55.5% owned5,393
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.