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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000597

Chelsea Riverside West

Chelsea Riverside West is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,336 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
6,336

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,997

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

16,040.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

27.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

59.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

50.7%

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.

Pimlico South, Westminster7,695 residents · 21.1% owned · 67.8% no carVictoria, Westminster7,638 residents · 20.6% owned · 69.3% no carChalk Farm, Camden8,488 residents · 24.9% owned · 64.6% no carMaida Hill, Westminster12,142 residents · 20.2% owned · 64.9% no carMillbank, Westminster8,724 residents · 25.4% owned · 70.6% no carHilldrop, Islington8,682 residents · 22.4% owned · 68.0% no car

Most similar within Kensington and Chelsea

The closest matches in the same local authority.

North Kensington, Kensington and Chelsea8,993 residents · 28.5% owned · 53.1% no carPortobello, Kensington and Chelsea7,894 residents · 17.0% owned · 66.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Chelsea Riverside West

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

Tenure

Social rented48.3%
1,448 households
Owned27.1%
813 households
Private rented23.2%
694 households
Shared ownership1.3%
38 households
Lives rent free0.1%
4 households
Chelsea Riverside West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement68.5%
2,052 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits18.1%
543 households
Terraced7.5%
226 households
Semi-detached1.6%
47 households
Detached1.5%
44 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.2%
35 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1%
30 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.7%
20 households
Chelsea Riverside West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household59.7%
1,790 households
1 car or van in household33.3%
999 households
2 cars or vans in household5.8%
174 households
3 or more cars or vans in household1.1%
34 households
Chelsea Riverside West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms42.1%
1,261 households
1 bedroom30%
898 households
3 bedrooms19.5%
584 households
4 or more bedrooms8.5%
254 households
Chelsea Riverside West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household47.8%
1,432 households
One-person household43%
1,290 households
Other household types9.2%
275 households
Chelsea Riverside West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household43%
1,290 households
2 people in household27.3%
817 households
3 people in household14.1%
423 households
4 people in household9.6%
287 households
5 people in household3.6%
109 households
6 people in household1.7%
51 households
7 people in household0.6%
17 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Chelsea Riverside West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1514.5%
921 residents
15–2919.6%
1,243 residents
30–4421.3%
1,347 residents
45–6428.1%
1,781 residents
65 and over16.5%
1,044 residents
Chelsea Riverside West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White55.7%
3,529 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh13.3%
842 residents
Other ethnic group12.7%
804 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African11%
696 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups7.3%
464 residents
Chelsea Riverside West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above50.7%
2,715 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications15.3%
819 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications13%
698 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications9.9%
529 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications5.7%
306 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3%
162 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.4%
127 residents aged 16 and over
Chelsea Riverside West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)54.7%
2,930 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43.6%
2,338 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
89 residents aged 16 and over
Chelsea Riverside West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.8%
1,062 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.3%
982 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed14%
748 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.7%
625 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students9.2%
495 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.2%
494 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.8%
418 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations6.8%
363 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.2%
170 residents aged 16 and over
Chelsea Riverside West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health51.9%
3,290 residents
Good health28.2%
1,790 residents
Fair health12.5%
790 residents
Bad health5.4%
342 residents
Very bad health2%
126 residents
Chelsea Riverside West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.2%
5,212 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.8%
1,126 residents
Chelsea Riverside West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension41.4%
1,242 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.1%
993 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions18.4%
552 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.1%
184 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions1%
29 households
Chelsea Riverside West · 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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