Chelsea Riverside East

Kensington and Chelsea · London · population 6,288 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

58Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,877 of 6,856 in England
  • #299 of 1,002 in London
  • #12 of 21 in Kensington and Chelsea
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,163
Median age (est.)42
Density9,699per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above64%
No car or van51%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 11%25–44 30%45–64 28%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 30%Mortgage/shared: 15%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 38%
Own outright 30%Mortgage/shared 15%Social rent 16%Private rent 38%

Households

One person: 48%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 16%Lone parent: 6%Other: 17%
One person 48%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 16%Lone parent 6%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 35% · Professional 27% · Associate professional 17%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors35%
Professional27%
Associate professional17%
Caring & leisure8%
Administrative5%
Sales & customer service3%
Elementary2%
Skilled trades2%
Process & plant1%

Ethnic group

White: 79%Asian: 8%Black: 3%Mixed: 4%Other: 6%
White 79%Asian 8%Black 3%Mixed 4%Other 6%

Religion & identity

Christian 54% · No religion 23% · Muslim 6%

Born outside the UK: 51%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Chelsea Riverside East is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,877 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 21 in Kensington and Chelsea. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (96) but weak on Living environment (0). Typical homes here sold for about £1,316,500 over the past year, down 13% across five years (from 90 sales), 14% above the wider Kensington and Chelsea median of £1,150,000. Typical household take-home income is around £64,157 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 177 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 73 · #1,849
Employment 76 · #1,664
Education 96 · #293
Health 91 · #615
Crime 46 · #3,665
Housing & access 54 · #3,117
Living environment 0 · #6,819

House prices ?

£1,316,500median (12m) · -20.7% yr · n=90
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£1,316,50090-20.7%-13.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Terraced£3,850,00029+5.5%+10.8%
Flat£787,50058-23.1%-21.2%
This area£1,316,500
Kensington and Chelsea£1,150,000
London£525,512
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£64,157±£10,141 · #78 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£63,454
Price-to-income ?20.5×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

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Recorded crime ?

177 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,113 offences
Kensington and Chelsea147
London102
England83

Rank #6,080 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences218
Theft362
Burglary65
Vehicle crime265
Criminal damage & arson43
Public order & weapons74
Drugs29
Robbery47
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 286 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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