City of Westminster

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Demographics

Size: 22.04 km²

Population: 181,286 (49% male/51% female)*

Population Density: 84.4 people per hectare; the 9^th most populated of all boroughs*

Age Breakdown: 5.7% 75+, 80.8 % 16-74, 13.5% under 16*

Ethnicity Breakdown: 73.2% White, 26.8% BME*

Religion: 55% Christian, 16.2% no religion, 28.8% other*

Education: 41 primary schools, 10 secondary schools, 3 non-mainstream schools⁺

Employment: 59.2% employment rate* ^#

_{*National Census 2001⁺WestminsterCouncil^# National Average 2001: 60.6%}

Westminster is the eighth smallest borough in London by area at 2,204 hectares.
Nine people drowned and several houses were destroyed by the 1814 beer flood in Tottenham Court Road. It started when a beer vat burst its hoops, ruptured other vats and released millions of pints of beer.
The oldest surviving English Heritage blue plaque, put up in 1875 in honour of Napolean III, is situated in King Street, St James's.
The City of Westminster contains over 11,000 listed buildings of special architectural and historic interest and 78% of the borough is included within a designated conservation area.
It is estimated that more than 95 per cent of visitors to London visit Westminster, representing approximately 28.5 million people per year.