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Royal Borough Of Kensington And Chelsea | olspan=2 align=center bgcolor="#ff9999"|Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea | olspan=2 align=center|
Shown within Greater London | | olspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Geography | | idth="45%"|Status: | London borough, Royal Borough | a href="/encyclopedia/Surface-area" title="Surface area">Area:
- Total | Ranked 353rd
12.13 km² | | a href="/encyclopedia/ONS-coding-system" title="ONS coding system">ONS code: | 00AW | | olspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Demographics | a href="/encyclopedia/Population" title="Population">Population:
- Total (2002 est.)
- Density | Ranked 91st
165,069
13,608 / km² | | thnicity: | 78.6% White
4.9% S.Asian
7.0% Afro-Carib.
1.6% Chinese | | olspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Politics | olspan=2 align=center|Kensington and Chelsea, Royal Borough of
http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/ | | a href="/encyclopedia/Local_government_in_England#Councils_and_councillors" title="Local_government_in_England#Councils_and_councillors">Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet | | xecutive: | Conservative | | a href="/encyclopedia/MPs-elected-in-the-UK-general-election,-2001" title="MPs elected in the UK general election, 2001">MPs: | Karen Buck, Michael Portillo | a href="/encyclopedia/London-Assembly" title="London Assembly">London Assembly:
- Member | West Central London
- Angie Bray | The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is a London borough in the west side of central London, created in 1965 from the former boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea. It is an urban area and was named in the 2001 census as the most densely populated local authority in the United Kingdom, with a population of 158,919 at 13,244 per square kilometre (the land area is approximately 12 square kilometres). The borough is immediately to the west of the City of Westminster, which is at the heart of modern London, and itself contains a substantial number of city centre facilities such as major museums and universities (in "Albertopolis"), department stores like Harrods, and embassies. It also contains many of the most exclusive residential districts in London. The borough includes the areas of: Demographics of Kensington and Chelsea According to the 2001 census the borough has a population of 158,919. It is 79% white, 4% Black African and 3% Black Caribbean. 44% of households are owner-occupiers. As of October 2004, statistics releasedhttp://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Product.asp?vlnk=8841 by the Office for National Statistics show that life expectancy at birth for females in Kensington and Chelsea was 84.8 years in 2001-2003, the highest in the United Kingdom. Male life expectancy at birth for the same period was 79.8 years, third highest in the UK. The figures for Kensington and Chelsea during 1991-1993 were significantly lower: 73.0 years for males (ranking 301st in the nation) and 80.0 for females (ranking 129th). Kensington and Chelsea, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
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