Queensway

Westminster · London · population 8,584 · 6 LSOAs

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

38Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,228 of 6,856 in England
  • #520 of 1,002 in London
  • #16 of 24 in Westminster
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,433
Median age (est.)35
Density18,263per km²
No qualifications9%
Degree or above66%
No car or van73%

Age

0–14 10%15–24 14%25–44 44%45–64 21%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 17%Mortgage/shared: 11%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 59%
Own outright 17%Mortgage/shared 11%Social rent 13%Private rent 59%

Households

One person: 46%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 12%Lone parent: 7%Other: 19%
One person 46%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 12%Lone parent 7%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 36% · Managers & directors 21% · Associate professional 18%

All occupation groups
Professional36%
Managers & directors21%
Associate professional18%
Administrative7%
Elementary5%
Caring & leisure4%
Sales & customer service4%
Skilled trades3%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 58%Asian: 18%Black: 5%Mixed: 6%Other: 13%
White 58%Asian 18%Black 5%Mixed 6%Other 13%

Religion & identity

Christian 36% · No religion 31% · Muslim 15%

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

Queensway is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,228 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 24 in Westminster. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (90) but weak on Living environment (3). Typical homes here sold for about £845,500 over the past year, up 11% across five years (from 78 sales), in line with the wider Westminster median of £855,000. Typical household take-home income is around £56,350 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 208 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 43 · #3,926
Employment 56 · #3,035
Education 90 · #656
Health 63 · #2,514
Crime 9 · #6,236
Housing & access 34 · #4,495
Living environment 3 · #6,661

House prices ?

£845,500median (12m) · -26.9% yr · n=78
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£845,50078-26.9%+11.2%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Terraced£2,000,0009-29.8%
Flat£670,00069-41.2%-2.9%
This area£845,500
Westminster£855,000
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)£56,350±£8,539 · #362 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£42,269
Price-to-income ?15.0×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 ?

208 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,789 offences
Westminster370
London102
England83

Rank #6,201 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences346
Theft806
Burglary140
Vehicle crime129
Criminal damage & arson69
Public order & weapons112
Drugs103
Robbery67
Other17

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 588 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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