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St. Helen's ward, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

St. Helen's is one of 18 electoral wards of Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 6,158 residents in 2,771 households — 12,878 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Kensington and Bayswater constituency.

Residents, 20216,158council ward average 7,965
Households2,7712.22 residents per household
Density12,878/ km²about 0.48 km² · Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 11,829
Aged 65+14.6%Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea: 14.4% · under 16: 15.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.9% · 303
5–95.7% · 348
10–155.2% · 322
16–193.6% · 220
20–245.3% · 327
25–3417.3% · 1,066
35–4921.5% · 1,323
50–6421.9% · 1,348
65–748.8% · 539
75–844.2% · 256
85+1.7% · 104

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van52.7% · 1,459
1 car or van38.4% · 1,065
2 cars or vans7.7% · 213
3 or more1.2% · 34
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 outright15.7% · 435
With mortgage13.1% · 364
Shared ownership1.1% · 30
Social rented46.3% · 1,282
Private rented23.7% · 656
Lives rent free0.1% · 4

Type of home

Detached house1.1% · 31
Semi-detached house4.1% · 115
Terraced house13.8% · 382
Purpose-built flat30.5% · 845
Converted house48.6% · 1,347
Other conversion0.9% · 24
Above shop / office1.0% · 27
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 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.