Kings Worthy belongs to people who have finished climbing and started gardening. Seven in ten own their home. Half hold a degree. The typical resident is in their early forties. Settled, qualified and comfortably off, with more social housing than the stereotype allows for.
Every population figure on this page comes from the 2021 census unless stated otherwise. About 71% of households own their home, around 10% rent privately and about 18% rent from a council or housing association. That last figure surprises people who assume a Winchester-edge village is owner-occupiers wall to wall. Social renting outnumbers private renting here, which means the landlord on most rented doors is an institution rather than an investor with a spreadsheet.
The typical resident is about 43, and people aged 25 to 44 make up about 24% of the population. That is a middle-aged place rather than an old one: old enough to have a pension plan, young enough to still be arguing about the school run.
Household income was modelled by the Office for National Statistics at around £78,000 a year before tax, for the financial year to March 2023. That is a gross figure averaged across the area's neighbourhoods, and it describes that year rather than today. It is a comfortable number, the kind that funds a kitchen extension and then argues about the worktop.
The households are a mix of families and people living alone. About 25% of households are couples with children, and about 25% are one person living on their own. Within that single-person group, about 14% of all households are pensioners living alone, so the solo households lean older. Lone parents head about 8% of households. The cul-de-sacs hold young families and long-term residents side by side, and the bungalows are not there by accident.
Qualifications run high. About 49% of adults hold a degree or equivalent, while about 9% have no formal qualifications. Full-time students make up about 1% of residents, which is what happens when a university city is next door and its students choose to live in it rather than here.
Of the 5,925 residents, 294 live in communal settings such as care homes rather than private households. That is a small enough group that the household figures above describe the village well.
The people of Kings Worthy make up one of its strengths: well-qualified, well-paid, mostly owners, and mixed enough in age and tenure to be a community rather than a retirement brochure.