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Electoral wardE05015308

Kensington & Fairfield ward, Liverpool

Kensington & Fairfield is one of 64 electoral wards of Liverpool City Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 18,701 residents in 7,710 households — 5,974 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Liverpool West Derby and Liverpool Riverside and Liverpool Wavertree constituencies.

Residents, 202118,701council ward average 7,716
Households7,7102.43 residents per household
Density5,974/ km²about 3.13 km² · Liverpool 4,346
Aged 65+9.5%Liverpool: 15.3% · under 16: 16.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.6% · 1,038
5–95.2% · 969
10–155.8% · 1,081
16–195.2% · 980
20–2421.9% · 4,103
25–3416.8% · 3,149
35–4916.9% · 3,155
50–6413.1% · 2,441
65–745.5% · 1,032
75–843.0% · 563
85+1.0% · 184

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van56.8% · 4,378
1 car or van31.7% · 2,442
2 cars or vans9.1% · 705
3 or more2.3% · 180
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Liverpool overall: 46.8% owned, 26.4% social rented, 26.1% private rented.

Owned outright15.2% · 1,168
With mortgage10.2% · 788
Shared ownership0.5% · 40
Social rented26.3% · 2,030
Private rented47.5% · 3,660
Lives rent free0.3% · 21

Type of home

Detached house6.2% · 478
Semi-detached house16.1% · 1,238
Terraced house51.0% · 3,929
Purpose-built flat16.5% · 1,274
Converted house8.7% · 667
Other conversion0.9% · 69
Above shop / office0.6% · 46
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 10 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.