Kingston Riverside

Kingston upon Thames · London · population 10,873 · 5 LSOAs

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

85Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,040 of 6,856 in England
  • #103 of 1,002 in London
  • #7 of 20 in Kingston upon Thames
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,558
Median age (est.)35
Density7,050per km²
No qualifications7%
Degree or above62%
No car or van38%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 17%25–44 38%45–64 20%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 21%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 47%
Own outright 21%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 7%Private rent 47%

Households

One person: 37%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 18%Lone parent: 7%Other: 17%
One person 37%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 18%Lone parent 7%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 33% · Managers & directors 18% · Associate professional 18%

All occupation groups
Professional33%
Managers & directors18%
Associate professional18%
Administrative7%
Sales & customer service6%
Elementary6%
Caring & leisure5%
Skilled trades5%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 72%Asian: 14%Black: 2%Mixed: 6%Other: 6%
White 72%Asian 14%Black 2%Mixed 6%Other 6%

Religion & identity

No religion 43% · Christian 36% · Muslim 6%

Born outside the UK: 39%

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

Kingston Riverside is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,040 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 20 in Kingston upon Thames. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (96) but weak on Living environment (22). Typical homes here sold for about £478,250 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+1%) (from 144 sales), 13% below the wider Kingston upon Thames median of £550,000. Typical household take-home income is around £54,891 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 322 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 75 · #1,719
Employment 89 · #780
Education 96 · #272
Health 91 · #642
Crime 52 · #3,323
Housing & access 85 · #999
Living environment 22 · #5,359

House prices ?

£478,250median (12m) · +6.3% yr · n=144
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£478,250144+6.3%+0.7%
Detached£1,435,0009+24.9%+10.4%
Semi-detached£885,00018+4.7%+26.4%
Terraced£765,00012+17.7%+12.8%
Flat£440,000105+6.6%+3.5%
This area£478,250
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)£54,891±£7,955 · #480 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£50,388
Price-to-income ?8.7×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 ?

41Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

322 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 3,501 offences
Kingston upon Thames70
London102
England83

Rank #6,356 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences775
Theft1,661
Burglary66
Vehicle crime97
Criminal damage & arson181
Public order & weapons351
Drugs236
Robbery94
Other40

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 736 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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