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Chessington South & Malden Rushett ward, Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames

Chessington South & Malden Rushett is one of 19 electoral wards of Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 9,488 residents in 3,706 households — 1,272 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Kingston and Surbiton constituency.

Residents, 20219,488council ward average 8,845
Households3,7062.56 residents per household
Density1,272/ km²about 7.46 km² · Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames 4,509
Aged 65+15.5%Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames: 14.5% · under 16: 19.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.1% · 578
5–96.2% · 588
10–157.0% · 664
16–194.3% · 412
20–245.6% · 527
25–3413.8% · 1,305
35–4921.4% · 2,027
50–6420.2% · 1,920
65–748.7% · 830
75–844.8% · 454
85+1.9% · 182

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van14.9% · 552
1 car or van44.8% · 1,661
2 cars or vans30.1% · 1,116
3 or more10.2% · 378
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames overall: 60.9% owned, 11.0% social rented, 27.3% private rented.

Owned outright32.1% · 1,188
With mortgage39.3% · 1,458
Shared ownership0.6% · 24
Social rented12.3% · 457
Private rented15.6% · 577
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house13.0% · 483
Semi-detached house28.4% · 1,054
Terraced house35.7% · 1,322
Purpose-built flat20.4% · 756
Converted house1.6% · 60
Other conversion0.3% · 10
Above shop / office0.5% · 18
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.