Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 38 min4:43 am – 9:21 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 50 min8:03 am – 3:53 pm
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People8,088 residentsin the Holland Park census areaMedian age 39.33,386 households39% of homes owner-occupied25% owned outright17% social rented, 43% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting7.9% unemployment rate62% of adults are economically active, 3,849 in work, 12% retiredMain industries: professional and scientific services 16%, finance and insurance 15%, health and social work 11%Getting to work: 62% work from home, 11% go by car, 15% take public transport, 12% walk or cycle89% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages64% of adults hold a degree or higher9% have no qualifications, 2% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 74%3% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 24°C, lows 14°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 3°C626 mm of rain a year, 14 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October22 days of air frost, 27 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Parks and green spacesHolland Parkpark · under a mile · 21 haKensington Gardenspark · 1.1 mi · 108 haMarcus Garvey Parkpark · under a mileAvondale Parkplaying field · under a mileLillie Road Fitness Centresports ground · 1.0 miBishops Parkplaying field · 1.6 mi · 9 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes30 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19704 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 22 Sep 202036 mi away, Leighton Buzzard, BedsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Aug 202546 mi away, Thornborough, BucksSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 22 · PM2.5 9.3 · PM10 16 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for NO2, PM2.5 and PM10Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband94% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband97% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)4,356 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation2 m7 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 0 to 34 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalCromwell Hospitalunder a mileGP surgeryKensington Park Medical Centre109 surgeries within 2 milesright herePharmacyH Lloyd Chemist84 pharmacies within 2 milesright hereDentistAshcroft House (Dental Surgery)under a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi153 schools64 primary, 16 secondary, 48 independent, 14 special, 7 nursery, 1 sixth form, 3 otherIndependentWetherby Pembridgeages 11-15, 100 pupilsright hereIndependentSt James Senior Girls' Schoolages 11-18, 180 pupilsright hereSecondaryThe Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC Schoolages 11-18, 1,034 pupilsunder a mileCollegeEaling, Hammersmith and West London Collegeunder a mileUniversityImperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine1.3 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLondon Heathrow Airport LHR11 miRailway stationKensington (Olympia)under a mileUndergroundKensington (Olympia) Underground Stationunder a mileBus stationVictoria Station2.7 miFerryChelsea Harbour PierSands End2.0 miBus stops168 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the W14 postcode district.
