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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000965

Maida Vale

Maida Vale is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,876 residents in Westminster. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Westminster
7,876

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,623

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

16,034.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

33.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

61.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

68.4%

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.

West Hampstead, Camden9,082 residents · 29.3% owned · 62.9% no carSouth Hampstead, Camden8,076 residents · 35.1% owned · 58.5% no carParsons Green West, Hammersmith and Fulham9,229 residents · 34.8% owned · 53.5% no carFulham Broadway, Hammersmith and Fulham8,657 residents · 29.3% owned · 61.3% no carEast Putney, Wandsworth9,366 residents · 41.4% owned · 51.5% no carBrook Green, Hammersmith and Fulham7,628 residents · 33.6% owned · 57.5% no car

Most similar within Westminster

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Little Venice, Westminster9,252 residents · 39.9% owned · 57.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Maida Vale

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

Tenure

Private rented48.3%
1,751 households
Owned33.8%
1,226 households
Social rented17.3%
625 households
Shared ownership0.4%
15 households
Lives rent free0.2%
6 households
Maida Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement63.1%
2,286 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits29.8%
1,079 households
Terraced3.5%
128 households
Semi-detached1.4%
50 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.1%
41 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.6%
21 households
Detached0.5%
17 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Maida Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household61.4%
2,224 households
1 car or van in household33.2%
1,202 households
2 cars or vans in household4.7%
170 households
3 or more cars or vans in household0.8%
28 households
Maida Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms42.4%
1,535 households
1 bedroom26.7%
968 households
3 bedrooms24.2%
876 households
4 or more bedrooms6.7%
244 households
Maida Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household49.6%
1,796 households
One-person household35.3%
1,277 households
Other household types15.1%
548 households
Maida Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household35.2%
1,277 households
2 people in household33.1%
1,198 households
3 people in household17.7%
641 households
4 people in household9.6%
349 households
5 people in household3.4%
122 households
6 people in household0.6%
21 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
9 households
7 people in household0.2%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Maida Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513%
1,023 residents
15–2924.3%
1,913 residents
30–4431.7%
2,497 residents
45–6422.5%
1,770 residents
65 and over8.5%
672 residents
Maida Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White63.5%
5,003 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh12.1%
952 residents
Other ethnic group9.8%
771 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups7.9%
624 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African6.7%
532 residents
Maida Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above68.4%
4,648 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications9.9%
674 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications8.5%
576 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications5.6%
383 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications4.1%
279 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2%
137 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1.5%
101 residents aged 16 and over
Maida Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)72.2%
4,911 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive25.7%
1,745 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.1%
142 residents aged 16 and over
Maida Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations31.5%
2,144 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.4%
1,591 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.5%
643 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students8.2%
560 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.4%
501 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.2%
488 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations5.3%
360 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations5.1%
349 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.4%
162 residents aged 16 and over
Maida Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health60.4%
4,761 residents
Good health28%
2,203 residents
Fair health7.8%
613 residents
Bad health2.7%
214 residents
Very bad health1.1%
85 residents
Maida Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act88.3%
6,953 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act11.7%
923 residents
Maida Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension57%
2,063 households
Household is deprived in one dimension28.1%
1,016 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.6%
385 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.9%
142 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
16 households
Maida Vale · 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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