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Electoral wardE05013938

Kingston Town ward, Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames

Kingston Town is one of 19 electoral wards of Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 10,289 residents in 4,289 households — 6,898 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Kingston and Surbiton constituency.

Residents, 202110,289council ward average 8,845
Households4,2892.4 residents per household
Density6,898/ km²about 1.49 km² · Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames 4,509
Aged 65+9.8%Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames: 14.5% · under 16: 14.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.3% · 542
5–94.3% · 443
10–154.4% · 454
16–195.5% · 565
20–2417.6% · 1,808
25–3417.6% · 1,806
35–4921.9% · 2,257
50–6413.7% · 1,405
65–745.6% · 573
75–843.0% · 311
85+1.2% · 125

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van41.2% · 1,769
1 car or van46.2% · 1,981
2 cars or vans10.5% · 449
3 or more2.1% · 90
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 outright18.1% · 775
With mortgage24.2% · 1,038
Shared ownership0.7% · 32
Social rented14.4% · 618
Private rented42.5% · 1,825
Lives rent free0.1% · 5

Type of home

Detached house7.2% · 308
Semi-detached house21.8% · 934
Terraced house8.8% · 379
Purpose-built flat46.3% · 1,986
Converted house11.4% · 489
Other conversion1.1% · 47
Above shop / office3.2% · 139
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 7
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05013938
Region
London
Density rank in council
5 of 19

Council offices in this ward

CSurrey Children Services Contact CentreCouncil office · KT1 2NDCKingston CouncilCouncil office · KT1 1EU

Other wards in the same constituency

AAlexandra17.2% aged 65+ · 77.0% owned6,413BBerrylands17.1% aged 65+ · 64.9% owned6,112CChessington South & Malden Rushett15.5% aged 65+ · 71.4% owned9,488CCoombe Vale16.0% aged 65+ · 67.7% owned10,456GGreen Lane & St James16.4% aged 65+ · 59.9% owned7,051HHook & Chessington North16.1% aged 65+ · 73.7% owned11,111KKing George's & Sunray15.5% aged 65+ · 70.2% owned5,605NNew Malden Village14.9% aged 65+ · 62.2% owned9,583NNorbiton9.8% aged 65+ · 41.6% owned11,187OOld Malden19.9% aged 65+ · 70.4% owned6,695SSt Mark's & Seething Wells10.6% aged 65+ · 50.5% owned11,809SSurbiton Hill14.9% aged 65+ · 45.6% owned10,636TTolworth12.4% aged 65+ · 65.6% owned11,188

All 19 wards of Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames

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.