Hans Town
Kensington and Chelsea · London · population 6,178 · 5 LSOAs
Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.
- #1,506 of 6,856 in England
- #165 of 1,002 in London
- #4 of 21 in Kensington and Chelsea
- Less deprived (top 30%)
People living here Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Managers & directors 36% · Professional 28% · Associate professional 17%
All occupation groups
| Managers & directors | 36% |
| Professional | 28% |
| Associate professional | 17% |
| Caring & leisure | 7% |
| Administrative | 5% |
| Elementary | 2% |
| Sales & customer service | 2% |
| Skilled trades | 1% |
| Process & plant | 1% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
Christian 51% · No religion 22% · Muslim 8%
Born outside the UK: 63%
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
Hans Town is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,506 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 21 in Kensington and Chelsea. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (100) but weak on Living environment (1). Typical homes here sold for about £1,885,000 over the past year, down 24% across five years (from 100 sales), 64% above the wider Kensington and Chelsea median of £1,150,000. It pairs low deprivation with well-above-average prices, so on our affordability-adjusted measure it lands at #6,845 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £83,294 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 299 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.
House prices ?
| Type | Median (12m) | Sales | 1yr | 5yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | £1,885,000 | 100 | -18.0% | -24.2% |
| Detached | Too few sales to report (n=0) | |||
| Semi-detached | Too few sales to report (n=0) | |||
| Terraced | £3,287,500 | 24 | -3.7% | -17.4% |
| Flat | £1,500,000 | 76 | -11.8% | -23.9% |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Household income
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 ?
- #6,845 best value of 6,851 priced areas in England
- Combines this area's Area Score with how affordable its homes are nationally (geometric mean). Higher = a less-deprived area for less money.
Recorded crime ?
Rank #6,347 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).
| Category (12 months) | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 251 |
| Theft | 941 |
| Burglary | 62 |
| Vehicle crime | 328 |
| Criminal damage & arson | 86 |
| Public order & weapons | 56 |
| Drugs | 38 |
| Robbery | 73 |
| Other | 13 |
Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 220 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 →
Official sources
Nearby areas
The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.
Other areas in Kensington and Chelsea
Similar areas across England
Neighbourhoods with the closest Area Score elsewhere in the country, for comparison.
- Abbotswood & West WellowTest Valley78£510,000
- Kemble & South CerneyCotswold78£490,000
- Loose Valley & Boughton MonchelseaMaidstone78£400,000
- Corringham North & London GatewayThurrock78£370,000
- Great MeolsWirral78£306,500
- Upton St Leonards & HardwickeStroud78£300,000