City Profile • Local Authority
Westminster
Westminster is a local authority district comprising 38 postcode areas. The current median house price across the city is £1.3M, reflecting a downward trend of 9.2% over the past year. Crime levels run above average (444 per 1,000 residents), often driven by commercial zones and transport hubs.
Use our interactive district explorer below to dive deeper into street-level metrics, schools, and hyper-local census demographics.
Use our interactive district explorer below to dive deeper into street-level metrics, schools, and hyper-local census demographics.
Population Trajectory
Annual residents (1991 – 2022)
211,365
Residents (2022)
Constituent Districts
38 AreasNW1ExploreNW6ExploreNW8ExploreSW1AExploreSW1EExploreSW1HExploreSW1PExploreSW1VExploreSW1WExploreSW1XExploreSW1YExploreSW7ExploreW10ExploreW11ExploreW1AExploreW1BExploreW1DExploreW1FExploreW1GExploreW1HExploreW1JExploreW1KExploreW1NExploreW1PExploreW1RExploreW1SExploreW1TExploreW1UExploreW1WExploreW1XExploreW2ExploreW9ExploreWC2AExploreWC2BExploreWC2EExploreWC2HExploreWC2NExploreWC2RExplore
Population Composition
Detailed breakdown of the residents within the Westminster authority according to the Census 2021.
Top Ethnicities
White: English28.0%
White: Other White24.6%
Arab7.6%
Any other ethnic group5.9%
African5.1%
Other Asian4.7%
Age Profile
25-29 years11.4%
30-34 years10.2%
20-24 years9.5%
35-39 years7.9%
50-54 years7.0%
40-44 years6.9%
Top Occupations
Professional30.6%
Managers and directors22.5%
Associate professional17.3%
Administrative and secretarial6.6%
Caring and leisure6.1%
Elementary occupations5.7%
Housing Tenure
Private rented: Landlord38.9%
Owned: Outright16.1%
Social rented: Other15.2%
Social rented: Council13.1%
Owned: Mortgage11.4%
Private rented: Other4.4%
Area DNA
family1/10
health10/10
safety1/10
homeown1/10
transit3/10
affluence10/10
diversity10/10
employment6/10
investment1/10