Holland Park

Kensington and Chelsea · London · population 8,129 · 5 LSOAs

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

62Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,603 of 6,856 in England
  • #271 of 1,002 in London
  • #10 of 21 in Kensington and Chelsea
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,088
Median age (est.)40
Density8,908per km²
No qualifications9%
Degree or above64%
No car or van51%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 12%25–44 31%45–64 28%65+ 13%

Tenure

Own outright: 25%Mortgage/shared: 15%Social rent: 17%Private rent: 43%
Own outright 25%Mortgage/shared 15%Social rent 17%Private rent 43%

Households

One person: 37%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 19%Lone parent: 9%Other: 20%
One person 37%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 19%Lone parent 9%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 28% · Managers & directors 28% · Associate professional 18%

All occupation groups
Professional28%
Managers & directors28%
Associate professional18%
Caring & leisure8%
Administrative5%
Elementary4%
Sales & customer service4%
Skilled trades3%
Process & plant1%

Ethnic group

White: 58%Asian: 17%Black: 7%Mixed: 6%Other: 12%
White 58%Asian 17%Black 7%Mixed 6%Other 12%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 22% · Muslim 13%

Born outside the UK: 60%

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

Holland Park is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,603 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 21 in Kensington and Chelsea. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (96) but weak on Living environment (4). Typical homes here sold for about £1,213,000 over the past year, down 13% across five years (from 70 sales), 5% 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 #6,808 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £64,697 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 66 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 69 · #2,144
Employment 70 · #2,027
Education 87 · #876
Health 96 · #272
Crime 43 · #3,919
Housing & access 63 · #2,548
Living environment 4 · #6,558

House prices ?

£1,213,000median (12m) · +5.5% yr · n=70
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£1,213,00070+5.5%-13.4%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Terraced£2,570,00010-14.6%-3.9%
Flat£925,00057-7.5%-21.4%
This area£1,213,000
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)£64,697±£10,087 · #68 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£49,397
Price-to-income ?18.7×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 ?

66 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 540 offences
Kensington and Chelsea147
London102
England83

Rank #3,300 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences173
Theft101
Burglary51
Vehicle crime87
Criminal damage & arson38
Public order & weapons47
Drugs32
Robbery8
Other3

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 134 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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