Kingston - profile

Members of Parliament for Kingston
Name	Constituency	Party
Edward Davey	Kingston & Surbiton	LIB DEM
Zac Goldsmith	Richmond Park	CON

 

Population
Total	169,000
Under 16	30,600
Over pensionable age	20,100

 

Unemployment
Total unemployed benefit claimant	1.6%

 

Ethnicity
White
White British	111,810	75.9%
White Irish	3,201	2.2%
White other	9,381	6.4%
Mixed
White & Black Caribbean	591	0.4%
White & Black African	392	0.3%
White & Asian	1,398	1.0%
Mixed other	976	0.7%
Asian or Asian British
Indian	5,322	3.6%
Pakistani	1,916	1.3%
Bangladeshi	384	0.3%
Other Asian	3,844	2.6%
Black or Black British
Caribbean	772	0.5%
African	1,406	1.0%
Black other	131	0.1%
Chinese or other
Chinese	2,026	1.4%
Other ethnic group	3,723	2.5%

 

Housing tenure
Total number of households	65,167
Local authority	4,846
Registered social landlord	2,268
Other public sector	0
Private sector	58,053
Total public sector	11%
Total private sector	89%

 

Schools	number of schools	number of pupils
Nursery	1	138
Primary	34	12,417
Secondary	10	10,034
Special	3	258
Pupil referral units	2	9
Independent	12	3,789

 

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About the statistical profiles

All the statistical information has been sourced from various government departments and other authorities:

- the area, population and ethnic breakdown figures (all from the 2001 Census with 2010 mid-year population estimates* revised by ONS).

- the figures on school and pupil numbers (DfE, Pupils and their characteristics, January 2011).

- unemployment statistics (ONS benefit claimant count from ONS Nomis official labour market statistics, June 2010 – May 2011). Please note this will not include those out of paid employment but not claiming Job Seekers Allowance.

- housing tenure statistics (DCLG, Number of dwellings by tenure and district, England 2010).

- The council's band D 2010/11 council tax figure is as reported by the DCLG.

- Budget is the net budget requirement as recorded by the DCLG. The budget requirement is including special expenses but excluding local council precepts.

 

*These statistics were compiled before the release of the 2011 Census data.

Last updated September 2011

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