Worcestershire · England
Kington population
2,626people · latest estimate
Kington has a population of 2,626, making it the 17th largest place in Worcestershire. In 2005 the World Gazetteer recorded 2,655, a fall of 1.1% since.
The other populations of Kington
The same name covers more than one area, and each has its own figure.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
2,626 | GeoNames |
| The built-up area Continuous development, where buildings sit less than 200m apart. Drawn from where the buildings are, not where the council boundary is. |
2,425 | ONS Census 2021 (2021) |
| The place in 2005 The same settlement twenty years earlier. |
2,655 | World Gazetteer (2005) |
Why these differ: which population figure is right? · compare with another place
The 2005 figure is from the World Gazetteer archive and may draw its boundary differently from the current source, so treat the change as indicative. Sources: method.
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Wychavon population trends, 2001–2025.
Kington in context
9 km
north-east to Astwood Bank, the nearest larger town
12,569
people live within 10 km
#2,582
largest of 6,358 UK places
417
food businesses in Wychavon
Distances are straight-line from the settlement's recorded coordinates. The 10 km figure sums the recorded places within that radius, so it describes how built-up the surroundings are rather than people per square kilometre.
The centre of Kington sits in postcode district WR7.
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Population since 2001
Wychavon, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district WR7
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile
Nearby in Worcestershire
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alvechurch | 3,534 |
| 2 | Fernhill Heath | 3,256 |
| 3 | Astwood Bank | 2,717 |
| 4 | Kempsey | 2,609 |
| 5 | Badsey | 2,601 |
| 6 | Broadway | 2,540 |