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King's Cross ward, London Borough of Camden

King's Cross is one of 20 electoral wards of Camden London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 11,462 residents in 4,420 households — 10,635 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Holborn and St Pancras constituency.

Residents, 202111,462council ward average 10,507
Households4,4202.59 residents per household
Density10,635/ km²about 1.08 km² · London Borough of Camden 9,648
Aged 65+8.3%London Borough of Camden: 11.8% · under 16: 12.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.1% · 469
5–93.8% · 431
10–154.3% · 498
16–199.8% · 1,121
20–2418.2% · 2,085
25–3421.4% · 2,458
35–4917.4% · 1,989
50–6412.7% · 1,457
65–745.2% · 593
75–842.3% · 259
85+0.9% · 101

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van77.3% · 3,416
1 car or van20.1% · 889
2 cars or vans2.1% · 93
3 or more0.5% · 24
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; London Borough of Camden overall: 29.7% owned, 33.7% social rented, 35.6% private rented.

Owned outright11.1% · 492
With mortgage7.1% · 315
Shared ownership2.1% · 94
Social rented45.2% · 2,000
Private rented34.0% · 1,501
Lives rent free0.4% · 18

Type of home

Detached house0.7% · 30
Semi-detached house1.2% · 53
Terraced house5.6% · 248
Purpose-built flat78.5% · 3,471
Converted house10.9% · 482
Other conversion1.0% · 44
Above shop / office2.0% · 88
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 7
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.