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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000581

Notting Dale

Notting Dale is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,392 residents in Kensington and Chelsea. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Kensington and Chelsea
7,392

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,011

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

17,134.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

11.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

62.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

39.3%

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.

Kentish Town West, Camden9,997 residents · 22.3% owned · 66.1% no carQueen's Park Gardens, Westminster10,522 residents · 21.5% owned · 56.6% no carFinsbury Park West, Islington9,434 residents · 14.6% owned · 70.1% no carHaggerston East, Hackney9,922 residents · 18.8% owned · 65.8% no carBarnsbury West, Islington8,603 residents · 13.2% owned · 69.5% no carWestbourne, Westminster9,607 residents · 16.0% owned · 65.0% no car

Most similar within Kensington and Chelsea

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Ladbroke Grove, Kensington and Chelsea6,004 residents · 11.9% owned · 55.6% no carGolborne & Swinbrook, Kensington and Chelsea7,711 residents · 11.1% owned · 66.0% no carChelsea Riverside West, Kensington and Chelsea6,336 residents · 27.1% owned · 59.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Notting Dale

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

Tenure

Social rented69.7%
2,098 households
Private rented15.2%
458 households
Owned11.6%
350 households
Shared ownership2.9%
88 households
Lives rent free0.6%
17 households
Notting Dale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement77.1%
2,318 households
Terraced9.5%
286 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits8.8%
264 households
Semi-detached2.1%
64 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1%
31 households
Detached0.7%
22 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.7%
21 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Notting Dale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household62%
1,866 households
1 car or van in household31.7%
955 households
2 cars or vans in household5.3%
161 households
3 or more cars or vans in household0.9%
28 households
Notting Dale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

1 bedroom33.4%
1,006 households
2 bedrooms29.8%
899 households
3 bedrooms27.9%
839 households
4 or more bedrooms8.9%
268 households
Notting Dale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household50.3%
1,513 households
One-person household38.3%
1,154 households
Other household types11.4%
343 households
Notting Dale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household38.3%
1,154 households
2 people in household24.4%
736 households
3 people in household14.2%
427 households
4 people in household9.5%
287 households
5 people in household8.4%
254 households
6 people in household2.4%
73 households
7 people in household1.5%
46 households
8 or more people in household1.2%
35 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Notting Dale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1514.8%
1,096 residents
15–2923.1%
1,710 residents
30–4419%
1,401 residents
45–6428.2%
2,088 residents
65 and over14.8%
1,097 residents
Notting Dale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White45.9%
3,396 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African18.9%
1,395 residents
Other ethnic group13.2%
977 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh13%
963 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups8.9%
661 residents
Notting Dale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above39.3%
2,415 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications21.9%
1,347 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.5%
889 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications11%
675 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.5%
464 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.1%
190 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
167 residents aged 16 and over
Notting Dale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)53.2%
3,271 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive44.7%
2,751 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2%
126 residents aged 16 and over
Notting Dale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed18.4%
1,129 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16%
982 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations11.5%
706 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations11%
676 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.7%
657 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students9.9%
608 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.7%
598 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.9%
545 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4%
248 residents aged 16 and over
Notting Dale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48.1%
3,556 residents
Good health27.4%
2,029 residents
Fair health15.7%
1,163 residents
Bad health6.8%
504 residents
Very bad health1.9%
140 residents
Notting Dale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.4%
5,795 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21.6%
1,596 residents
Notting Dale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension33.8%
1,017 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension31.1%
936 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions21.7%
653 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions12.4%
373 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions1%
31 households
Notting Dale · 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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