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According to the 2021 census, Westminster had a total of 204,236 usual residents residing in 94,815 households, indicating an average household size of 2.2. The borough covers an area of 38.3 square kilometers resulting in a population density of 9,514.2 individuals per square kilometer. The average age of its residents was 38.3 years.

Religion: In Westminster, the ‘Christian’ community represents the largest religious group, making up 37.33% of the population, ‘No religion’ population follows at 25.92% and ‘Muslim’ is 3rd with 20.01%

Ethnic groups: The predominant ethnic group in Westminster is ‘White’, constituting 55.2% of the total population. The ‘Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh’ ethnic group is second largest, making up 16.77%, while ‘Other ethnic group’ accounts for 13.45%.

Economic activity: 59.58% of Westminster’s population is economically active. The primary job roles are ‘Professional occupations’ and ‘Managers, directors and senior officials’

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Health: Majority of the population are in very good health. Most common age groups are those aged 35 to 49 years and aged 50 to 64 years. Additionally, 32.18% of its inhabitants is married and 54.41% are single.

Living Arrangements and Property Types: Majority of the households are Single family households (45.63%). Most of the properties in Westminster are flats, with the majority of the ownership either being private rented or social rented

Crime rate: As of 2022, Westminster crime rate (crime per 1000 residents) stands at 441.97. Most common crime types are ‘Other theft’, ‘Theft from the person’ and ‘Anti-social behaviour’.

Westminster in comparision with nearby boroughs.

When we analyze the percentage distribution of population and households in Westminster, we see that it surpasses many of the nearby boroughs in the following metrics.

Prominent demographics insights:
  1. Age:
    • Aged 25 to 34 years- Rank (5)
    • Aged 50 to 64 years- Rank (7)
    • Aged 85 years and over- Rank (8)
  2. Economic activity status:
    • Economically inactive- Rank (3)
  3. Ethnic group:
    • Other ethnic group- Rank (1)
  4. General health:
    • Very bad health- Rank (1)
    • Bad health- Rank (5)
    • Very good health- Rank (8)
  5. Marital and civil partnership status:
    • Divorced or civil partnership dissolved- Rank (7)

Prominent household insights:
  1. Accommodation type:
    • Flats- Rank (4)
    • Commercial building. Eg office, hotel, shop- Rank (4)
  2. Household composition:
    • One person household- Rank (4)
  3. Household deprivation:
    • Household is deprived in four dimensions- Rank (1)
    • Household is deprived in three dimensions- Rank (8)
    • Household is not deprived in any dimension- Rank (9)
  4. Tenure of household:
    • Private rented- Rank (3)

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Demographics
Household

Property types in Westminster

Accommodation Type Total % of Households
Flats 66,514 70.15
Converted or shared house 15,302 16.14
Terraced 6,849 7.22
Commercial building. Eg office, hotel, shop 1,957 2.06
Semi-detached 1,735 1.83
Converted building. Eg school, church 1,321 1.39
Detached 1,047 1.1
Caravan or other mobile structure 89 0.09

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Rank of Westminster when compared against 25 nearby boroughs

Accommodation Type Rank % of Households
Flats 4 28.57
Commercial building. Eg office, hotel, shop 4 0.77
Converted or shared house 10 1.69
Converted building. Eg school, church 10 1.61
Caravan or other mobile structure 16 0.46
Detached 22 10.08
Semi-detached 24 20.4
Terraced 24 36.43

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Property ownership in Westminster

  1. Private rented – 43.31% (41,065)
    1. Private landlord or letting agency – 38.89% (36,871)
    2. Other private rented – 4.42% (4,194)
  2. Social rented – 28.28% (26,810)
    1. Other social rented – 15.18% (14,392)
    2. Rents from council or Local Authority – 13.10% (12,418)
  3. Owned – 27.38% (25,962)
    1. Owns outright – 16.04% (15,213)
    2. Owns with a mortgage or loan – 11.34% (10,749)
  4. Shared ownership – 0.73% (695)
    1. Shared ownership – 0.73% (695)

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Rank of Westminster when compared against 25 nearby boroughs

  1. Private rented – rank – 3 (23.35%)
    1. Private landlord or letting agency – rank – 3 (21.01%)
    2. Other private rented – rank – 3 (2.34%)
  2. Social rented – rank – 10 (36.00%)
    1. Other social rented – rank – 8 (15.45%)
    2. Rents from council or Local Authority – rank – 12 (20.55%)
  3. Shared ownership – rank – 22 (1.15%)
    1. Shared ownership – rank – 22 (1.15%)
  4. Owned – rank – 23 (39.26%)
    1. Owns outright – rank – 17 (12.04%)
    2. Owns with a mortgage or loan – rank – 26 (27.22%)

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Families in Westminster

  1. Single family household – 45.63% (43,262)
    1. Married or civil partnership couple – 20.75% (19,673)
      1. Dependent children – 9.93% (9,419)
      2. No children – 7.89% (7,479)
      3. All children non-dependent – 2.93% (2,775)
    2. Lone parent family – 10.23% (9,698)
      1. With dependent children – 5.29% (5,015)
      2. All children non-dependent – 4.94% (4,683)
    3. Cohabiting couple family – 9.03% (8,563)
      1. No children – 7.39% (7,003)
      2. With dependent children – 1.33% (1,258)
      3. All children non-dependent – 0.32% (302)
    4. All aged 66 years and over – 2.92% (2,772)
    5. Other single family household – 2.70% (2,556)
      1. Other family composition – 2.70% (2,556)
  2. One person household – 42.65% (40,443)
    1. Other – 32.64% (30,945)
    2. Aged 66 years and over – 10.02% (9,498)
  3. Other household types – 11.72% (11,112)
    1. Other, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over – 9.20% (8,724)
    2. With dependent children – 2.52% (2,388)

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Rank of Westminster when compared against 25 nearby boroughs

  1. One person household – rank – 4 (40.63%)
    1. Other – rank – 3 (29.74%)
    2. Aged 66 years and over – rank – 10 (10.89%)
  2. Other household types – rank – 18 (3.91%)
    1. Other, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over – rank – 12 (2.18%)
    2. With dependent children – rank – 19 (1.72%)
  3. Single family household – rank – 24 (55.46%)
    1. Other single family household – rank – 1 (0.77%)
      1. Other family composition – rank – 1 (0.77%)
    2. All aged 66 years and over – rank – 17 (2.99%)
    3. Cohabiting couple family – rank – 18 (17.06%)
      1. No children – rank – 15 (9.16%)
      2. All children non-dependent – rank – 21 (0.57%)
      3. With dependent children – rank – 23 (7.32%)
    4. Married or civil partnership couple – rank – 20 (19.59%)
      1. No children – rank – 10 (6.36%)
      2. All children non-dependent – rank – 18 (3.26%)
      3. Dependent children – rank – 21 (9.97%)
    5. Lone parent family – rank – 20 (15.06%)
      1. All children non-dependent – rank – 19 (4.52%)
      2. With dependent children – rank – 22 (10.54%)

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Westminster household deprivation

Household Deprivation Total % of Households
Household is not deprived in any dimension 47,540 50.14
Household is deprived in one dimension 28,839 30.42
Household is deprived in two dimensions 12,728 13.42
Household is deprived in three dimensions 5,025 5.3
Household is deprived in four dimensions 683 0.72

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Rank of Westminster when compared against 25 nearby boroughs

Household Deprivation Rank % of Households
Household is deprived in four dimensions 1 0.42
Household is deprived in three dimensions 8 7.09
Household is not deprived in any dimension 9 42.22
Household is deprived in two dimensions 16 19.17
Household is deprived in one dimension 23 31.1

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Household sizes in Westminster

Household Size Total % of Households
1 person in household 40,443 42.65
2 people in household 28,605 30.17
3 people in household 12,069 12.73
4 people in household 7,583 8.0
5 people in household 3,620 3.82
6 people in household 1,455 1.53
8 or more people in household 549 0.58
7 people in household 491 0.52

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Rank of Westminster when compared against 25 nearby boroughs

Household Size Rank % of Households
1 person in household 4 40.64
8 or more people in household 15 0.12
2 people in household 16 28.6
6 people in household 18 1.19
7 people in household 19 0.5
3 people in household 23 16.6
5 people in household 23 3.14
4 people in household 24 9.2

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Age groups of Westminster residents

Age Total % of Usual residents
Aged 35 to 49 years 43,908 21.5
Aged 50 to 64 years 36,388 17.82
Aged 25 to 34 years 19,329 9.46
Aged 65 to 74 years 13,645 6.68
Aged 10 to 15 years 10,389 5.09
Aged 16 to 19 years 8,898 4.36
Aged 4 years and under 8,502 4.16
Aged 75 to 84 years 8,019 3.93
Aged 5 to 9 years 7,877 3.86
Aged 85 years and over 3,118 1.53

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Rank of Westminster when compared against 25 nearby boroughs

Age Rank % of Usual residents
Aged 25 to 34 years 5 6.04
Aged 50 to 64 years 7 16.2
Aged 85 years and over 8 1.12
Aged 75 to 84 years 10 3.69
Aged 16 to 19 years 11 3.69
Aged 65 to 74 years 12 6.53
Aged 35 to 49 years 21 19.87
Aged 4 years and under 24 7.8
Aged 5 to 9 years 24 7.67
Aged 10 to 15 years 24 6.26

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Gender breakdown in Westminster

Sex Total % of Usual residents
Female 105,327 51.57
Male 98,909 48.43

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Rank of Westminster when compared against 25 nearby boroughs

Sex Rank % of Usual residents
Female 12 50.66
Male 14 49.34

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Westminster Health status

General Health Total % of Usual residents
Very good health 115,033 56.32
Good health 58,977 28.88
Fair health 19,840 9.71
Bad health 7,404 3.63
Very bad health 2,982 1.46

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Rank of Westminster when compared against 25 nearby boroughs

General Health Rank % of Usual residents
Very bad health 1 1.85
Bad health 5 6.18
Very good health 8 45.41
Fair health 18 13.89
Good health 22 32.68

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Relationship status amongst Westminster Residents

  1. Never married and never registered a civil partnership – 54.41% (96,552)
  2. Married or in a registered civil partnership – 32.18% (57,101)
    1. Married – 31.69% (56,242)
      1. Opposite sex – 31.10% (55,198)
      2. Same sex – 0.59% (1,044)
    2. In a registered civil partnership – 0.48% (859)
      1. Same sex – 0.38% (683)
      2. Opposite sex – 0.10% (176)
  3. Divorced or civil partnership dissolved – 7.63% (13,547)
    1. Divorced – 7.58% (13,454)
    2. Formerly in a civil partnership now legally dissolved – 0.05% (93)
  4. Widowed or surviving civil partnership partner – 3.43% (6,089)
    1. Widowed – 3.39% (6,025)
    2. Surviving partner from civil partnership – 0.04% (64)
  5. Separated, but still legally married or still legally in a civil partnership – 2.35% (4,178)
    1. Separated, but still married – 2.27% (4,035)
    2. Separated, but still in a registered civil partnership – 0.08% (143)

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  1. Divorced or civil partnership dissolved – rank – 7 (12.91%)
    1. Divorced – rank – 7 (12.89%)
    2. Formerly in a civil partnership now legally dissolved – rank – 10 (0.02%)
  2. Never married and never registered a civil partnership – rank – 11 (49.68%)
  3. Separated, but still legally married or still legally in a civil partnership – rank – 12 (2.80%)
    1. Separated, but still in a registered civil partnership – rank – 1 (0.05%)
    2. Separated, but still married – rank – 13 (2.75%)
  4. Widowed or surviving civil partnership partner – rank – 14 (5.16%)
    1. Surviving partner from civil partnership – rank – 1 (0.07%)
    2. Widowed – rank – 15 (5.09%)
  5. Married or in a registered civil partnership – rank – 17 (29.45%)
    1. In a registered civil partnership – rank – 9 (0.49%)
      1. Same sex – rank – 7 (0.39%)
      2. Opposite sex – rank – 21 (0.09%)
    2. Married – rank – 17 (28.97%)
      1. Same sex – rank – 6 (0.23%)
      2. Opposite sex – rank – 17 (28.74%)

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Westminster residents’ country of birth

  1. Europe – 67.02% (136,883)
    1. United Kingdom – 44.41% (90,702)
    2. EU countries – 17.85% (36,447)
      1. European Union EU14 – 14.24% (29,082)
      2. European Union EU8 – 2.02% (4,119)
      3. European Union EU2 – 1.07% (2,179)
      4. All other EU countries – 0.52% (1,067)
    3. Non-EU countries – 4.77% (9,734)
      1. All other non-EU countries – 4.77% (9,734)
  2. Middle East and Asia – 17.45% (35,636)
  3. The Americas and the Caribbean – 7.28% (14,875)
  4. Africa – 6.80% (13,881)
  5. Antarctica and Oceania (including Australasia) and Other – 1.40% (2,868)
  6. British Overseas – 0.05% (95)

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  1. Middle East and Asia – rank – 7 (2.54%)
  2. The Americas and the Caribbean – rank – 7 (0.36%)
  3. Antarctica and Oceania (including Australasia) and Other – rank – 9 (0.02%)
  4. British Overseas – rank – 13 (0.00%)
  5. Africa – rank – 14 (0.96%)
  6. Europe – rank – 21 (96.12%)
    1. Non-EU countries – rank – 4 (0.47%)
      1. All other non-EU countries – rank – 4 (0.47%)
    2. EU countries – rank – 5 (6.05%)
      1. European Union EU14 – rank – 2 (1.90%)
      2. All other EU countries – rank – 10 (0.07%)
      3. European Union EU2 – rank – 15 (1.18%)
      4. European Union EU8 – rank – 22 (2.90%)
    3. United Kingdom – rank – 25 (89.61%)

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Passport records of Westminster residents

  1. Europe – 84.50% (172,580)
    1. United Kingdom – 63.54% (129,782)
    2. Other Europe – 19.57% (39,969)
      1. EU Member countries – 17.55% (35,837)
        1. Other EU countries – 4.97% (10,154)
        2. Italy – 3.36% (6,868)
        3. France – 3.00% (6,130)
        4. Spain – 2.04% (4,169)
        5. Portugal – 1.34% (2,728)
        6. Germany – 1.15% (2,343)
        7. Poland – 0.76% (1,553)
        8. Romania – 0.67% (1,365)
        9. Lithuania – 0.26% (527)
      2. Rest of Europe – 2.02% (4,132)
        1. Other Europe – 1.59% (3,253)
        2. Turkey – 0.43% (879)
    3. Ireland – 1.39% (2,829)
  2. Middle East and Asia – 6.42% (13,105)
    1. Eastern Asia – 2.29% (4,676)
    2. Southern Asia – 1.66% (3,396)
    3. South-East Asia – 1.44% (2,940)
    4. Middle East – 0.92% (1,881)
    5. Central Asia – 0.10% (212)
  3. The Americas and the Caribbean – 4.11% (8,387)
    1. North America and the Caribbean – 3.09% (6,306)
    2. Central and South America – 1.02% (2,081)
  4. No passport held – 2.87% (5,871)
  5. Africa – 1.18% (2,408)
    1. North Africa – 0.55% (1,129)
    2. South and Eastern Africa – 0.33% (667)
    3. Central and Western Africa – 0.30% (612)
  6. Antarctica and Oceania, including Australasia – 0.92% (1,885)

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Rank of Westminster when compared against 25 nearby boroughs

  1. The Americas and the Caribbean – rank – 2 (0.14%)
    1. North America and the Caribbean – rank – 2 (0.11%)
    2. Central and South America – rank – 4 (0.04%)
  2. Middle East and Asia – rank – 7 (0.98%)
    1. Middle East – rank – 1 (0.02%)
    2. South-East Asia – rank – 1 (0.43%)
    3. Central Asia – rank – 1 (0.00%)
    4. Eastern Asia – rank – 3 (0.09%)
    5. Southern Asia – rank – 12 (0.43%)
  3. Antarctica and Oceania, including Australasia – rank – 7 (0.04%)
  4. Africa – rank – 12 (0.42%)
    1. North Africa – rank – 1 (0.20%)
    2. South and Eastern Africa – rank – 15 (0.07%)
    3. Central and Western Africa – rank – 17 (0.14%)
  5. Europe – rank – 21 (76.59%)
    1. Other Europe – rank – 5 (5.54%)
      1. EU Member countries – rank – 5 (5.38%)
        1. France – rank – 2 (0.00%)
        2. Germany – rank – 4 (0.07%)
        3. Italy – rank – 4 (0.18%)
        4. Other EU countries – rank – 5 (1.12%)
        5. Portugal – rank – 6 (0.33%)
        6. Spain – rank – 6 (0.13%)
        7. Romania – rank – 15 (0.96%)
        8. Lithuania – rank – 19 (0.20%)
        9. Poland – rank – 23 (2.39%)
      2. Rest of Europe – rank – 5 (0.16%)
        1. Other Europe – rank – 4 (0.02%)
        2. Turkey – rank – 7 (0.14%)
    2. Ireland – rank – 18 (0.67%)
    3. United Kingdom – rank – 25 (70.38%)
  6. No passport held – rank – 23 (21.83%)

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Ethnic groups in Westminster

  1. White – 55.20% (112,732)
    1. English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British – 27.99% (57,162)
    2. Other White – 24.62% (50,276)
    3. Irish – 1.83% (3,742)
    4. Roma – 0.74% (1,503)
    5. Gypsy or Irish Traveller – 0.02% (49)
  2. Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh – 16.77% (34,242)
    1. Other Asian – 4.73% (9,658)
    2. Indian – 3.90% (7,965)
    3. Bangladeshi – 3.69% (7,533)
    4. Chinese – 3.24% (6,625)
    5. Pakistani – 1.20% (2,461)
  3. Other ethnic group – 13.45% (27,471)
    1. Arab – 7.56% (15,439)
    2. Any other ethnic group – 5.89% (12,032)
  4. Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African – 8.06% (16,456)
    1. African – 5.12% (10,451)
    2. Caribbean – 2.11% (4,307)
    3. Other Black – 0.83% (1,698)
  5. Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups – 6.53% (13,335)
    1. Other Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups – 2.68% (5,467)
    2. White and Asian – 1.82% (3,718)
    3. White and Black African – 1.02% (2,089)
    4. White and Black Caribbean – 1.01% (2,061)

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  1. Other ethnic group – rank – 1 (0.65%)
    1. Arab – rank – 1 (0.04%)
    2. Any other ethnic group – rank – 6 (0.62%)
  2. Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups – rank – 10 (2.26%)
    1. Other Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups – rank – 3 (0.53%)
    2. White and Asian – rank – 7 (1.00%)
    3. White and Black African – rank – 7 (0.45%)
    4. White and Black Caribbean – rank – 19 (0.29%)
  3. Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh – rank – 14 (2.81%)
    1. Bangladeshi – rank – 4 (0.36%)
    2. Chinese – rank – 4 (0.24%)
    3. Indian – rank – 9 (0.74%)
    4. Other Asian – rank – 10 (1.45%)
    5. Pakistani – rank – 13 (0.02%)
  4. White – rank – 14 (93.03%)
    1. Other White – rank – 2 (5.36%)
    2. Roma – rank – 3 (0.04%)
    3. Irish – rank – 18 (0.60%)
    4. English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British – rank – 21 (86.27%)
    5. Gypsy or Irish Traveller – rank – 24 (0.76%)
  5. Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African – rank – 17 (1.25%)
    1. Other Black – rank – 17 (0.25%)
    2. Caribbean – rank – 18 (0.14%)
    3. African – rank – 19 (0.85%)

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Religions in Westminster

Religion Total % of Usual residents
Christian 76,245 37.33
No religion 52,936 25.92
Muslim 40,873 20.01
Not answered 19,179 9.39
Jewish 5,628 2.76
Hindu 4,457 2.18
Buddhist 2,603 1.27
Other religion 1,741 0.85
Sikh 573 0.28

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Rank of Westminster when compared against 25 nearby boroughs

Religion Rank % of Usual residents
Not answered 2 4.31
Buddhist 3 1.12
Muslim 5 1.14
Jewish 6 0.07
Other religion 10 0.33
Hindu 13 0.31
Christian 17 45.05
Sikh 17 0.11
No religion 18 47.56

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Employment and unemployment amongst Westminster Residents

  1. Economically active (excluding full-time students) – 59.58% (105,737)
    1. In employment – 55.61% (98,692)
      1. Employee – 43.74% (77,622)
        1. Full-time – 36.20% (64,250)
        2. Part-time – 7.53% (13,372)
      2. Self-employed without employees – 9.57% (16,988)
        1. Full-time – 5.01% (8,891)
        2. Part-time – 4.56% (8,097)
      3. Self-employed with employees – 2.30% (4,082)
        1. Full-time – 1.75% (3,110)
        2. Part-time – 0.55% (972)
    2. Unemployed – 3.97% (7,045)
  2. Economically inactive – 37.86% (67,182)
    1. Student – 11.08% (19,662)
    2. Retired – 10.89% (19,329)
    3. Looking after home or family – 6.31% (11,196)
    4. Other – 4.80% (8,513)
    5. Long-term sick or disabled – 4.78% (8,482)
  3. Economically active and a full-time student – 2.56% (4,551)
    1. In employment – 1.72% (3,053)
      1. Employee – 1.39% (2,467)
        1. Part-time – 0.98% (1,741)
        2. Full-time – 0.41% (726)
      2. Self-employed without employees – 0.29% (519)
        1. Part-time – 0.23% (412)
        2. Full-time – 0.06% (107)
      3. Self-employed with employees – 0.04% (67)
        1. Part-time – 0.02% (44)
        2. Full-time – 0.01% (23)
    2. Unemployed – 0.84% (1,498)

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Rank of Westminster when compared against 25 nearby boroughs

  1. Economically inactive – rank – 3 (36.13%)
    1. Student – rank – 2 (3.61%)
    2. Long-term sick or disabled – rank – 3 (8.38%)
    3. Other – rank – 6 (3.84%)
    4. Looking after home or family – rank – 9 (7.01%)
    5. Retired – rank – 15 (13.28%)
  2. Economically active and a full-time student – rank – 16 (1.97%)
    1. Unemployed – rank – 8 (0.30%)
    2. In employment – rank – 20 (1.67%)
      1. Self-employed with employees – rank – 6 (0.00%)
        1. Part-time – rank – 5 (0.00%)
        2. Full-time – rank – 10 (0.00%)
      2. Self-employed without employees – rank – 11 (0.12%)
        1. Part-time – rank – 9 (0.12%)
        2. Full-time – rank – 16 (0.00%)
      3. Employee – rank – 21 (1.55%)
        1. Full-time – rank – 16 (0.16%)
        2. Part-time – rank – 21 (1.39%)
  3. Economically active (excluding full-time students) – rank – 23 (61.91%)
    1. Unemployed – rank – 18 (3.59%)
    2. In employment – rank – 23 (58.32%)
      1. Self-employed with employees – rank – 4 (0.72%)
        1. Full-time – rank – 6 (0.53%)
        2. Part-time – rank – 8 (0.19%)
      2. Employee – rank – 20 (52.79%)
        1. Full-time – rank – 15 (40.11%)
        2. Part-time – rank – 23 (12.68%)
      3. Self-employed without employees – rank – 23 (4.81%)
        1. Part-time – rank – 19 (2.04%)
        2. Full-time – rank – 24 (2.78%)

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Socio-economic statistics for Westminster

Socio Economic Classification Total % of Usual residents
Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations 44,668 25.17
Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations 33,967 19.14
Full-time students 22,960 12.94
Never worked and long-term unemployed 20,973 11.82
Small employers and own account workers 16,668 9.39
Intermediate occupations 11,922 6.72
Semi-routine occupations 11,431 6.44
Routine occupations 10,231 5.76
Lower supervisory and technical occupations 4,650 2.62

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Rank of Westminster when compared against 25 nearby boroughs

Socio Economic Classification Rank % of Usual residents
Full-time students 3 5.39
Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations 6 8.1
Never worked and long-term unemployed 7 11.64
Small employers and own account workers 18 6.67
Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations 19 14.98
Lower supervisory and technical occupations 21 7.94
Semi-routine occupations 21 15.67
Routine occupations 21 19.26
Intermediate occupations 23 10.35

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Occupation groups in Westminster

Occupation Total % of Usual residents
Professional occupations 31,136 30.6
Managers, directors and senior officials 22,858 22.47
Associate professional and technical 17,588 17.29
Administrative and secretarial 6,750 6.63
Caring, leisure and other service 6,187 6.08
Elementary 5,750 5.65
Sales and customer service 5,211 5.12
Skilled trades 3,481 3.42
Process, plant and machine operatives 2,781 2.73

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Rank of Westminster when compared against 25 nearby boroughs

Occupation Rank % of Usual residents
Managers, directors and senior officials 3 8.62
Professional occupations 9 12.25
Associate professional and technical 14 10.75
Sales and customer service 17 11.02
Caring, leisure and other service 20 12.29
Elementary 20 15.77
Administrative and secretarial 21 7.65
Process, plant and machine operatives 21 11.29
Skilled trades 23 10.36

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