Kew Gardens

Richmond upon Thames · London · population 9,755 · 6 LSOAs

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

87Area Score / 100 ?
  • #869 of 6,856 in England
  • #90 of 1,002 in London
  • #13 of 23 in Richmond upon Thames
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,714
Median age (est.)43
Density2,397per km²
No qualifications6%
Degree or above72%
No car or van26%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 8%25–44 28%45–64 29%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 34%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 30%
Own outright 34%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 6%Private rent 30%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 5%Other: 15%
One person 30%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 5%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 35% · Managers & directors 28% · Associate professional 19%

All occupation groups
Professional35%
Managers & directors28%
Associate professional19%
Administrative6%
Caring & leisure3%
Skilled trades3%
Sales & customer service3%
Elementary2%
Process & plant1%

Ethnic group

White: 82%Asian: 7%Black: 1%Mixed: 6%Other: 3%
White 82%Asian 7%Black 1%Mixed 6%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 38% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 31%

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

Kew Gardens is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #869 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 23 in Richmond upon Thames. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (100) but weak on Living environment (2). Typical homes here sold for about £948,500 over the past year, down 3% across five years (from 112 sales), 32% above the wider Richmond upon Thames median of £717,500. It pairs low deprivation with well-above-average prices, so on our affordability-adjusted measure it lands at #6,721 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £72,630 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 54 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 97 · #183
Employment 98 · #115
Education 100 · #32
Health 100 · #5
Crime 71 · #1,965
Housing & access 99 · #67
Living environment 2 · #6,737

House prices ?

£948,500median (12m) · +4.2% yr · n=112
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£948,500112+4.2%-2.7%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Semi-detached£1,610,00027-10.2%+2.9%
Terraced£1,125,96033+2.6%+7.2%
Flat£532,47548+3.2%-1.8%
This area£948,500
Richmond upon Thames£717,500
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)£72,630±£11,116 · #14 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£62,770
Price-to-income ?13.1×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 ?

2Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

54 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 531 offences
Richmond upon Thames59
London102
England83

Rank #2,435 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences126
Theft95
Burglary65
Vehicle crime126
Criminal damage & arson43
Public order & weapons45
Drugs18
Robbery7
Other6

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 116 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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