Kensington Gardens
Kensington and Chelsea · London · population 7,668 · 5 LSOAs
Part of Kensington · Postcode SW18 · SW5 · SW7 · W8
Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.
- #2,445 of 6,856 in England
- #254 of 1,002 in London
- #7 of 21 in Kensington and Chelsea
- Less deprived (top 40%)
People living here Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Managers & directors 31% · Professional 31% · Associate professional 17%
All occupation groups
| Managers & directors | 31% |
| Professional | 31% |
| Associate professional | 17% |
| Caring & leisure | 6% |
| Administrative | 4% |
| Sales & customer service | 3% |
| Skilled trades | 3% |
| Elementary | 3% |
| Process & plant | 1% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
Christian 45% · No religion 29% · Muslim 9%
Born outside the UK: 68%
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
Kensington Gardens is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,445 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 21 in Kensington and Chelsea. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (91) but weak on Living environment (2). Typical homes here sold for about £959,700 over the past year, down 5% across five years (from 96 sales), 17% below 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 #6,765 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £65,688 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 99 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, 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 | £959,700 | 96 | -11.5% | -5.0% |
| Detached | Too few sales to report (n=0) | |||
| Semi-detached | Too few sales to report (n=0) | |||
| Terraced | £1,375,000 | 7 | +14.6% | -36.0% |
| Flat | £910,000 | 89 | -13.7% | -8.5% |
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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 ?
- #6,765 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 #4,898 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).
| Category (12 months) | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 212 |
| Theft | 255 |
| Burglary | 65 |
| Vehicle crime | 53 |
| Criminal damage & arson | 49 |
| Public order & weapons | 67 |
| Drugs | 33 |
| Robbery | 22 |
| Other | 3 |
Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 409 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.
- ThorpeRunnymede64£508,750
- KingsmeadBath and North East Somerset64£450,000
- Harrow-on-the-HillHarrow64£435,000
- Stanford WestThurrock64£350,000
- GodleyTameside64£268,725
- Shepshed EastCharnwood64£211,000