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Earl's Court ward, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

Earl's Court is one of 18 electoral wards of Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 8,937 residents in 4,665 households — 18,526 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Kensington and Bayswater constituency.

Residents, 20218,937council ward average 7,965
Households4,6651.92 residents per household
Density18,526/ km²about 0.48 km² · Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 11,829
Aged 65+11.7%Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea: 14.4% · under 16: 11.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.4% · 396
5–93.0% · 269
10–153.8% · 338
16–192.8% · 252
20–2413.4% · 1,194
25–3422.2% · 1,988
35–4921.4% · 1,914
50–6417.2% · 1,541
65–746.9% · 620
75–843.9% · 346
85+0.9% · 80

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van70.8% · 3,305
1 car or van25.1% · 1,173
2 cars or vans3.3% · 155
3 or more0.7% · 32
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 outright14.0% · 654
With mortgage12.1% · 565
Shared ownership0.7% · 33
Social rented23.2% · 1,085
Private rented49.8% · 2,324
Lives rent free0.1% · 7

Type of home

Detached house0.4% · 17
Semi-detached house1.0% · 45
Terraced house4.3% · 200
Purpose-built flat60.9% · 2,841
Converted house30.7% · 1,435
Other conversion1.1% · 51
Above shop / office1.6% · 76
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
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.