Counting Chiswick – what the data from the 2021 census reveals

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Photograph of the day by Jennifer Griffiths – @jengriffiths49

Image above: People waiting for a bus in Chiswick; photograph Jennifer Griffiths

Guest blog by Michael Robinson

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has released detailed data from the 2021 census. Data geeks and the curious can while away some time looking at information about people and the area available from the online map ONS has provided. ons.gov.uk/census

Here are some snippets about Chiswick.

Age

The median age of people in Chiswick is younger than across the river in Barnes, but older than neighbouring Acton, Brentford, Hammersmith and Shepherds Bush.

Country of birth

There’s a big difference between Hounslow where 50.5% of residents were born in the UK compared to the other side of the river in Richmond where it is 71.2%.

Partnership

Chiswick North West is the best area for singles as 49% of people have never married and never registered a civil partnership.

Home ownership

Home ownership: the area where the highest proportion of people own their home outright is along the river at Chiswick Mall.

Religion

People in Chiswick are slightly more religious than neighbouring Acton and Brentford but still between 30-40% of people consider themselves to have no religion.

Car ownership

Unsurprisingly, the area along Chiswick High Road has the highest proportion of households that don’t own cars.  Overall, 38% of households in the Hounslow part of Chiswick don’t own cars. (While most of Chiswick is in LB Hounslow, the bit to the north of South Parade falls in LB Ealing).

The maps also provide information on people’s jobs and employment but with caveats this information may be affected by the pandemic. The Scottish government chose to delay their census until 2022 for this reason.

Michael Robinson is an engineer who lives in Chiswick

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