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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000125

Kensal Green

Kensal Green is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,940 residents in Brent. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Brent
9,940

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,940

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

12,981.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

48.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

44.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

50.6%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Streatham Common, Lambeth8,738 residents · 48.1% owned · 46.3% no carFurzedown East, Wandsworth7,866 residents · 41.3% owned · 45.8% no carLeigham Vale & Royal Circus, Lambeth8,521 residents · 49.6% owned · 44.3% no carLoampit & Hilly Fields, Lewisham6,796 residents · 50.8% owned · 47.1% no carWest Dulwich, Lambeth9,809 residents · 39.3% owned · 49.2% no carManor House, Lewisham8,155 residents · 48.1% owned · 45.6% no car

Most similar within Brent

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Brondesbury Park, Brent8,177 residents · 52.7% owned · 38.1% no carQueens Park, Brent9,954 residents · 42.9% owned · 50.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Kensal Green

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Owned48.6%
1,915 households
Private rented29.9%
1,178 households
Social rented20.7%
815 households
Shared ownership0.7%
26 households
Lives rent free0.2%
6 households
Kensal Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits39.1%
1,540 households
Terraced32.6%
1,286 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement14.1%
554 households
Semi-detached10.6%
419 households
Detached2%
78 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.1%
43 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
20 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Kensal Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household44.3%
1,747 households
1 car or van in household43.8%
1,727 households
2 cars or vans in household9.8%
386 households
3 or more cars or vans in household2.1%
82 households
Kensal Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms30.7%
1,209 households
3 bedrooms27.9%
1,101 households
4 or more bedrooms24.6%
971 households
1 bedroom16.8%
662 households
Kensal Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household54.6%
2,149 households
One-person household30%
1,182 households
Other household types15.4%
608 households
Kensal Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household30%
1,182 households
2 people in household27.2%
1,071 households
3 people in household19.1%
751 households
4 people in household14.8%
583 households
5 people in household5.8%
227 households
6 people in household1.6%
62 households
8 or more people in household1%
39 households
7 people in household0.7%
27 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Kensal Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518%
1,788 residents
15–2917.2%
1,711 residents
30–4425.7%
2,555 residents
45–6427.1%
2,692 residents
65 and over12%
1,192 residents
Kensal Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White56.4%
5,605 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African16.7%
1,660 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh12.5%
1,245 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups7.5%
746 residents
Other ethnic group6.9%
683 residents
Kensal Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above50.6%
4,080 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications16.1%
1,295 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications11.8%
955 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications8.7%
700 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications6.8%
549 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.1%
250 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3%
238 residents aged 16 and over
Kensal Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)67.9%
5,472 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive30.5%
2,457 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
135 residents aged 16 and over
Kensal Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24%
1,933 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.9%
1,445 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.1%
1,060 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.9%
798 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed9.2%
740 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.9%
636 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.2%
578 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students7.2%
578 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.7%
298 residents aged 16 and over
Kensal Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health55.5%
5,517 residents
Good health30%
2,982 residents
Fair health10%
992 residents
Bad health3.2%
322 residents
Very bad health1.3%
127 residents
Kensal Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act87.2%
8,672 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act12.8%
1,268 residents
Kensal Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension48.4%
1,909 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.2%
1,269 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14%
551 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5%
199 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
14 households
Kensal Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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