Kensington and Chelsea population, 2001–2024
Kensington and Chelsea has an estimated population of 144,518 (mid-2024), down 10.9% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Kensington and Chelsea local authority area.
144,518
population, mid-2024
-10.9%
since 2001
-7.5%
last 10 years
2005
peak year (168,375)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 144,518 | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 146,499 | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 146,336 | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 144,266 | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 144,874 | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 146,805 | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 148,471 | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 149,651 | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 152,708 | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 156,149 | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 156,178 | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 156,823 | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 157,240 | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 158,251 | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 160,463 | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 161,893 | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 162,579 | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 162,883 | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 165,245 | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 168,375 | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 165,752 | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 165,268 | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 163,827 | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 162,199 | — |
Food businesses
Kensington and Chelsea has 84 takeaways, 971 restaurants and cafés and 99 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.09 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 5.8 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Kensington and Chelsea local authority area (code E09000020), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.