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Electoral wardE05009392

Colville ward, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

Colville is one of 18 electoral wards of Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 8,574 residents in 4,345 households — 17,502 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Kensington and Bayswater constituency.

Residents, 20218,574council ward average 7,965
Households4,3451.97 residents per household
Density17,502/ km²about 0.49 km² · Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 11,829
Aged 65+15.1%Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea: 14.4% · under 16: 12.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.0% · 342
5–93.9% · 330
10–154.9% · 421
16–193.1% · 267
20–246.2% · 529
25–3419.8% · 1,698
35–4922.5% · 1,926
50–6420.5% · 1,761
65–748.6% · 740
75–845.2% · 449
85+1.2% · 107

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van64.8% · 2,816
1 car or van29.8% · 1,294
2 cars or vans4.7% · 204
3 or more0.7% · 29
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea overall: 31.7% owned, 27.6% social rented, 39.6% private rented.

Owned outright12.2% · 531
With mortgage9.7% · 422
Shared ownership0.9% · 37
Social rented47.9% · 2,082
Private rented29.0% · 1,261
Lives rent free0.3% · 15

Type of home

Detached house0.5% · 20
Semi-detached house1.2% · 53
Terraced house6.9% · 300
Purpose-built flat49.8% · 2,163
Converted house36.9% · 1,604
Other conversion1.2% · 52
Above shop / office3.4% · 149
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
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.