Place CheckerOfficial local evidence

Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001376

Kensington

Kensington is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,323 residents in Liverpool. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Liverpool
9,323

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,715

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

10,664.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

23.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

59.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

25.8%

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.

Ayresome, Middlesbrough8,505 residents · 24.4% owned · 62.4% no carCromwell Road & Broad Street, Salford9,504 residents · 27.0% owned · 47.5% no carMiddlesbrough Central, Middlesbrough11,864 residents · 24.9% owned · 55.8% no carRusholme West & Moss Side East, Manchester12,493 residents · 24.9% owned · 51.0% no carGreenstead, Colchester11,349 residents · 27.0% owned · 40.6% no carCanterbury Barracks, Canterbury9,728 residents · 26.5% owned · 41.2% no car

Most similar within Liverpool

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Wavertree West, Liverpool9,837 residents · 35.9% owned · 47.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Kensington

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

Tenure

Private rented49.2%
1,829 households
Social rented26.4%
979 households
Owned23.6%
876 households
Shared ownership0.5%
20 households
Lives rent free0.3%
11 households
Kensington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced64.8%
2,407 households
Semi-detached15.6%
581 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement9%
335 households
Detached6.4%
238 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits3%
112 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
24 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
17 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Kensington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household59%
2,194 households
1 car or van in household30.7%
1,140 households
2 cars or vans in household8.2%
304 households
3 or more cars or vans in household2.1%
78 households
Kensington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms39.7%
1,474 households
2 bedrooms35.4%
1,314 households
4 or more bedrooms17.7%
659 households
1 bedroom7.2%
269 households
Kensington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household45.6%
1,695 households
One-person household33.1%
1,231 households
Other household types21.2%
788 households
Kensington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household33.1%
1,231 households
2 people in household25.4%
943 households
3 people in household17%
631 households
4 people in household13.2%
491 households
5 people in household6.9%
258 households
6 people in household3.4%
125 households
7 people in household0.6%
21 households
8 or more people in household0.4%
15 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Kensington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.5%
1,541 residents
15–2938.1%
3,551 residents
30–4418.4%
1,719 residents
45–6417.3%
1,616 residents
65 and over9.6%
899 residents
Kensington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White64.1%
5,974 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh12.2%
1,140 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African11.8%
1,098 residents
Other ethnic group8%
744 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.9%
367 residents
Kensington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications26.1%
2,008 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above25.8%
1,988 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications25.4%
1,951 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications8.5%
651 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.6%
587 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4%
308 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
200 residents aged 16 and over
Kensington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive51.6%
3,967 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)38.9%
2,990 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student9.5%
730 residents aged 16 and over
Kensington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students29.2%
2,246 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed16.7%
1,287 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations15.5%
1,193 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.4%
723 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.7%
666 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.7%
516 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations6.2%
477 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.3%
328 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations3.3%
252 residents aged 16 and over
Kensington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48.5%
4,523 residents
Good health31.1%
2,895 residents
Fair health12.6%
1,174 residents
Bad health5.7%
535 residents
Very bad health2.1%
196 residents
Kensington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act79.9%
7,446 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act20.1%
1,877 residents
Kensington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension35.6%
1,323 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension33.9%
1,260 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions21.8%
809 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions8.3%
308 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
16 households
Kensington · 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.

Browse every neighbourhood in Liverpool

Evidence ledger

Source and date are part of the record.

Shared catalogue checked 2026-08-28: 88 candidate data layers listed. Catalogue presence is not publication approval; only separately approved public projections may be shown.