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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000606

Kingston Riverside

Kingston Riverside is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,561 residents in Kingston upon Thames. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Kingston upon Thames
10,561

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,811

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

7,050.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

46.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

38.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

61.7%

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.

Guildford Town Centre, Guildford11,456 residents · 42.7% owned · 30.3% no carChiswick Park, Hounslow8,999 residents · 43.2% owned · 48.3% no carWithington West, Manchester6,673 residents · 41.2% owned · 30.8% no carEaling Broadway West, Ealing9,183 residents · 42.1% owned · 41.8% no carBanister Park & Howard Road, Southampton8,266 residents · 42.3% owned · 29.0% no carEpsom Town, Epsom and Ewell8,199 residents · 54.4% owned · 30.1% no car

Most similar within Kingston upon Thames

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Surbiton North, Kingston upon Thames7,199 residents · 43.9% owned · 40.1% no carSurbiton South, Kingston upon Thames7,954 residents · 42.1% owned · 37.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Kingston Riverside

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

Tenure

Private rented46.5%
2,236 households
Owned46%
2,211 households
Social rented7%
336 households
Shared ownership0.5%
25 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Kingston Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement53.1%
2,555 households
Semi-detached15.6%
751 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits15.6%
750 households
Detached6.2%
297 households
Terraced5.4%
262 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2.7%
129 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.2%
58 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
8 households
Kingston Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household48.5%
2,334 households
No cars or vans in household38.4%
1,846 households
2 cars or vans in household11%
527 households
3 or more cars or vans in household2.2%
104 households
Kingston Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms42.5%
2,047 households
1 bedroom25.3%
1,215 households
4 or more bedrooms16.5%
793 households
3 bedrooms15.7%
756 households
Kingston Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household52.4%
2,520 households
One-person household36.6%
1,760 households
Other household types11%
529 households
Kingston Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household36.6%
1,760 households
2 people in household35.1%
1,690 households
3 people in household15.5%
746 households
4 people in household9.3%
447 households
5 people in household2.2%
106 households
6 people in household0.7%
32 households
7 people in household0.4%
20 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
10 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Kingston Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513%
1,377 residents
15–2927.5%
2,906 residents
30–4427.8%
2,931 residents
45–6420.4%
2,154 residents
65 and over11.3%
1,190 residents
Kingston Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White72.4%
7,643 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh13.5%
1,426 residents
Other ethnic group6.2%
651 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.7%
599 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.3%
242 residents
Kingston Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above61.7%
5,627 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.4%
1,500 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications6.9%
627 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications6.7%
612 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications4.1%
378 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.3%
211 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1.9%
172 residents aged 16 and over
Kingston Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)62.4%
5,694 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive31.6%
2,881 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student6%
551 residents aged 16 and over
Kingston Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.7%
2,253 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.6%
2,242 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students17.1%
1,561 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.7%
794 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8%
730 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations5.3%
481 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.9%
449 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations4.1%
377 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.6%
239 residents aged 16 and over
Kingston Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health54.4%
5,748 residents
Good health34%
3,593 residents
Fair health8.7%
923 residents
Bad health2.1%
222 residents
Very bad health0.7%
75 residents
Kingston Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act87.5%
9,241 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act12.5%
1,320 residents
Kingston Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension59%
2,840 households
Household is deprived in one dimension30.3%
1,459 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.5%
411 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.8%
89 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
12 households
Kingston Riverside · 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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