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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000589

Kensington Gardens

Kensington Gardens is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,250 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
7,250

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,660

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

19,552.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

30.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

66.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

64.8%

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.

Bayswater East, Westminster7,417 residents · 29.1% owned · 72.3% no carBryanston & Dorset Square, Westminster7,473 residents · 27.4% owned · 72.8% no carWestbourne Grove, Westminster9,955 residents · 31.8% owned · 65.9% no carQueensway, Westminster8,432 residents · 27.7% owned · 73.0% no carPaddington & St George's Fields, Westminster8,705 residents · 28.7% owned · 68.0% no carWest Kensington, Hammersmith and Fulham8,462 residents · 30.2% owned · 67.4% no car

Most similar within Kensington and Chelsea

The closest matches in the same local authority.

West Brompton, Kensington and Chelsea7,393 residents · 31.8% owned · 64.5% no carNotting Hill Gate, Kensington and Chelsea6,543 residents · 36.0% owned · 62.9% no carSouth Kensington, Kensington and Chelsea5,764 residents · 38.1% owned · 59.3% no carFulham Road, Kensington and Chelsea6,617 residents · 40.7% owned · 53.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Kensington Gardens

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

Tenure

Private rented58.7%
2,148 households
Owned30.7%
1,123 households
Social rented10.2%
372 households
Shared ownership0.5%
17 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Kensington Gardens · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement61.9%
2,264 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits27%
987 households
Terraced6.4%
233 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.4%
52 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.4%
52 households
Semi-detached1.2%
45 households
Detached0.7%
24 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Kensington Gardens · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household66.6%
2,436 households
1 car or van in household28.2%
1,030 households
2 cars or vans in household4.4%
160 households
3 or more cars or vans in household0.8%
31 households
Kensington Gardens · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

1 bedroom38.9%
1,422 households
2 bedrooms36.9%
1,348 households
3 bedrooms15.3%
559 households
4 or more bedrooms9%
328 households
Kensington Gardens · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

One-person household49.1%
1,795 households
Single family household40.4%
1,479 households
Other household types10.5%
383 households
Kensington Gardens · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household49%
1,795 households
2 people in household29.7%
1,086 households
3 people in household10%
365 households
4 people in household7.5%
274 households
5 people in household2.4%
89 households
8 or more people in household0.7%
27 households
6 people in household0.6%
22 households
7 people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Kensington Gardens · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1510.4%
753 residents
15–2929.3%
2,123 residents
30–4425.1%
1,820 residents
45–6425.6%
1,855 residents
65 and over9.6%
696 residents
Kensington Gardens · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White60.5%
4,384 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh18.6%
1,348 residents
Other ethnic group9.5%
691 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups6.6%
475 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African4.8%
349 residents
Kensington Gardens · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above64.8%
4,174 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.1%
909 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications9.5%
612 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications4.5%
290 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
182 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications2.7%
172 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1.6%
101 residents aged 16 and over
Kensington Gardens · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.4%
3,761 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39%
2,511 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.6%
168 residents aged 16 and over
Kensington Gardens · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations30.1%
1,939 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students19.8%
1,277 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.4%
1,121 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.3%
662 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.9%
511 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations5.9%
383 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations3.9%
249 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations3%
195 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations1.6%
104 residents aged 16 and over
Kensington Gardens · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health64.2%
4,655 residents
Good health26.5%
1,924 residents
Fair health6.5%
472 residents
Bad health2.2%
156 residents
Very bad health0.6%
42 residents
Kensington Gardens · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act91%
6,599 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act9%
651 residents
Kensington Gardens · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension54.6%
1,997 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.9%
1,166 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.1%
371 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.8%
102 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.6%
23 households
Kensington Gardens · 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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