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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000588

Hans Town

Hans Town is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,983 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
5,983

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,077

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

7,800.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

34.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

55.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

66.5%

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 carRegent's Park, Westminster6,056 residents · 37.6% owned · 69.3% no carMarylebone & Park Lane, Westminster6,837 residents · 31.3% owned · 65.3% no carKnightsbridge, Belgravia & Hyde Park, Westminster7,129 residents · 49.1% owned · 46.5% no carLittle Venice, Westminster9,252 residents · 39.9% owned · 57.4% no carFulham Palace & Hurlingham Park, Hammersmith and Fulham5,680 residents · 48.0% owned · 45.8% no car

Most similar within Kensington and Chelsea

The closest matches in the same local authority.

South Kensington, Kensington and Chelsea5,764 residents · 38.1% owned · 59.3% no carKensington Abingdon, Kensington and Chelsea6,496 residents · 43.1% owned · 52.6% no carNotting Hill South, Kensington and Chelsea7,175 residents · 45.9% owned · 52.4% no carQueen's Gate, Kensington and Chelsea6,474 residents · 42.0% owned · 53.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Hans Town

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

Tenure

Private rented60.1%
1,849 households
Owned34.6%
1,064 households
Social rented4.7%
145 households
Shared ownership0.6%
17 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Hans Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement56.7%
1,745 households
Terraced18.7%
574 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits17.7%
543 households
Semi-detached3.5%
108 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.4%
43 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1%
32 households
Detached1%
30 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Hans Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household55.5%
1,709 households
1 car or van in household33.9%
1,042 households
2 cars or vans in household8.6%
265 households
3 or more cars or vans in household2%
61 households
Hans Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms36.2%
1,115 households
1 bedroom27.2%
836 households
3 bedrooms22.4%
689 households
4 or more bedrooms14.2%
437 households
Hans Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household47%
1,447 households
One-person household44.1%
1,357 households
Other household types8.8%
272 households
Hans Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household44.1%
1,357 households
2 people in household33.9%
1,043 households
3 people in household10.6%
327 households
4 people in household7.5%
231 households
5 people in household3%
92 households
6 people in household0.6%
19 households
7 people in household0.2%
5 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Hans Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1512.4%
742 residents
15–2920.8%
1,242 residents
30–4422%
1,316 residents
45–6430.5%
1,826 residents
65 and over14.3%
857 residents
Hans Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White73.7%
4,412 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh11.1%
663 residents
Other ethnic group7.7%
461 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.8%
349 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.7%
99 residents
Hans Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above66.5%
3,461 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications11.7%
607 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications8.9%
462 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications5.4%
280 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.3%
172 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications3.2%
167 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1%
53 residents aged 16 and over
Hans Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.1%
3,019 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.4%
2,098 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
80 residents aged 16 and over
Hans Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations34.2%
1,781 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations19%
989 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.4%
695 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students11.8%
612 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8%
415 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations5.2%
268 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations4.8%
251 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations2.6%
134 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations1.1%
56 residents aged 16 and over
Hans Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health68.2%
4,083 residents
Good health24.3%
1,456 residents
Fair health5.8%
347 residents
Bad health1.3%
75 residents
Very bad health0.4%
22 residents
Hans Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act93%
5,563 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act7%
421 residents
Hans Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension67.2%
2,068 households
Household is deprived in one dimension24.9%
766 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions6.2%
192 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.4%
43 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
8 households
Hans Town · 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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