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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000587

Kensington Abingdon

Kensington Abingdon is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,496 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
6,496

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,026

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

12,437.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

43.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

52.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

70.5%

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.

St John's Wood North, Westminster6,155 residents · 38.6% owned · 55.0% no carFulham Palace & Hurlingham Park, Hammersmith and Fulham5,680 residents · 48.0% owned · 45.8% no carParsons Green East & Eel Brook Common, Hammersmith and Fulham7,587 residents · 41.9% owned · 49.0% no carLittle Venice, Westminster9,252 residents · 39.9% owned · 57.4% no carChiswick Park, Hounslow8,999 residents · 43.2% owned · 48.3% no carFrognal, Camden7,177 residents · 50.4% owned · 40.5% no car

Most similar within Kensington and Chelsea

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Notting Hill South, Kensington and Chelsea7,175 residents · 45.9% owned · 52.4% no carHans Town, Kensington and Chelsea5,983 residents · 34.6% owned · 55.5% no carQueen's Gate, Kensington and Chelsea6,474 residents · 42.0% owned · 53.3% no carSouth Kensington, Kensington and Chelsea5,764 residents · 38.1% owned · 59.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Kensington Abingdon

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

Tenure

Private rented51.6%
1,561 households
Owned43.1%
1,304 households
Social rented5.1%
153 households
Shared ownership0.2%
6 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Kensington Abingdon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement53.1%
1,608 households
Terraced21.1%
639 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits16.4%
496 households
Semi-detached5.2%
156 households
Detached2%
62 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.3%
38 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.9%
28 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Kensington Abingdon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household52.6%
1,593 households
1 car or van in household34.9%
1,056 households
2 cars or vans in household10%
303 households
3 or more cars or vans in household2.5%
75 households
Kensington Abingdon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms31.2%
945 households
1 bedroom25.8%
781 households
4 or more bedrooms23.3%
706 households
3 bedrooms19.7%
595 households
Kensington Abingdon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household53.1%
1,606 households
One-person household38.2%
1,157 households
Other household types8.7%
262 households
Kensington Abingdon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household38.2%
1,157 households
2 people in household31.8%
962 households
3 people in household15.2%
459 households
4 people in household9.2%
277 households
5 people in household4.5%
136 households
6 people in household1%
29 households
7 people in household0.2%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
8 or more people in household0%
0 households
Kensington Abingdon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.7%
892 residents
15–2919.8%
1,288 residents
30–4420.8%
1,350 residents
45–6430.5%
1,982 residents
65 and over15.1%
981 residents
Kensington Abingdon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White69%
4,479 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh12%
779 residents
Other ethnic group10.7%
695 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.9%
381 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.4%
159 residents
Kensington Abingdon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above70.5%
3,920 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications10.7%
596 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications6%
332 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications5.5%
308 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.2%
178 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications3.1%
173 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship0.9%
52 residents aged 16 and over
Kensington Abingdon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)60.4%
3,358 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive38.1%
2,120 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
81 residents aged 16 and over
Kensington Abingdon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations35.7%
1,983 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.5%
1,137 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.6%
643 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students10.8%
602 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.6%
477 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations5.6%
311 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations3.7%
204 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations2.1%
119 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations1.5%
83 residents aged 16 and over
Kensington Abingdon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health66.1%
4,294 residents
Good health25.3%
1,646 residents
Fair health6.3%
410 residents
Bad health1.7%
111 residents
Very bad health0.5%
35 residents
Kensington Abingdon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act92.2%
5,991 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act7.8%
505 residents
Kensington Abingdon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension65%
1,967 households
Household is deprived in one dimension26.6%
804 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions6.7%
203 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.7%
50 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Kensington Abingdon · 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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