Chessington South & Malden Rushett

Kingston upon Thames · London · population 8,777 · 5 LSOAs

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

63Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,541 of 6,856 in England
  • #263 of 1,002 in London
  • #17 of 20 in Kingston upon Thames
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,862
Median age (est.)39
Density1,253per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above33%
No car or van18%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 11%25–44 28%45–64 26%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 30%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 30%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 20%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 33%Lone parent: 13%Other: 17%
One person 24%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 33%Lone parent 13%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors13%
Skilled trades12%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure11%
Elementary9%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 78%Asian: 10%Black: 3%Mixed: 4%Other: 5%
White 78%Asian 10%Black 3%Mixed 4%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Christian 46% · No religion 38% · Muslim 6%

Born outside the UK: 22%

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

Chessington South & Malden Rushett is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,541 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #17 of 20 in Kingston upon Thames. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (84) and lowest on Education (43). Typical homes here sold for about £475,000 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 103 sales), 14% below the wider Kingston upon Thames median of £550,000. Typical household take-home income is around £51,881 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 47 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 47 · #3,631
Employment 52 · #3,268
Education 43 · #3,926
Health 65 · #2,425
Crime 59 · #2,788
Housing & access 84 · #1,109
Living environment 61 · #2,672

House prices ?

£475,000median (12m) · -2.1% yr · n=103
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£475,000103-2.1%+18.0%
Detached£700,0007+9.4%+6.9%
Semi-detached£515,00035-1.0%+20.9%
Terraced£491,00029+9.2%+23.4%
Flat£321,25032-0.4%+7.1%
This area£475,000
Kingston upon Thames£550,000
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)£51,881±£7,476 · #804 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£42,719
Price-to-income ?9.2×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 ?

32Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

47 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 413 offences
Kingston upon Thames70
London102
England83

Rank #1,872 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences175
Theft44
Burglary21
Vehicle crime35
Criminal damage & arson42
Public order & weapons44
Drugs37
Robbery8
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 187 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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