13 important facts

Area insights about Portman Close, London, W1H 6BS

Income

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Wealthy area 10/10

Non-deprived area

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Deprivation level 3/10

Professional occupations

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High % of managerial, administrative, and professional occupations 8/10

Residents with degrees

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High % of residents are degree-educated or similar 9/10

Crime

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High crime rate 10/10

Demographics

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Main ethnic group
Other White 28%
Main religion
Muslim 40%
Main age band
Aged 20 to 39 42%
Main household type
One-person household 38%
Immediate area
Average for London

Noise

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Noise issues are identified

  • Road Traffic Noise

Transport

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Good connectivity to public transport 9/9

Amenities within 0.5 miles

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Food stores 10+

  • Tesco Baker St Express
    0.1 miles
    Supermarket
  • Waitrose Supermarket
    0.3 miles
    Supermarket
  • Tesco
    0.3 miles
    Supermarket

Schools

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Air quality

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Air quality doesn’t meet EU standards

Resident reviews

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6.1A concentrated outlet of Middle East in London

Bobo, Jun 3 2024

Edgware Road, W2 2QS

This street diverges from the typical London scene, replacing pubs and Greggs with kebabs and shishas, and the usual quiet with a lively buzz that lasts all night. Here, Arabi...

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7.5Quite busy

Modupe, Mar 24 2023

Edgware Road, W2 2QG

Quite busy. Close to Hyde Park and other tourist destinations. Lots of transport links. Not far from Paddington station. Multicultural. Lots of restaurants (including Middle E...

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Classification

Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers (Smaller area)

Mainly located in Inner London, these neighbourhoods retain a diverse employment structure, with some concentration in associated professional and technical occupations rather than skilled trades or construction. Social renting is more common and levels of homeownership are low. Many residents identify as Black. There is a lower than average rate of marriage or civil partnership, few that are very old (85 or over) and higher than average incidence of disability.

The Greater London Mix (Wider area)

London remains much more diverse than much of the UK in terms of ethnicity and recent migration history. This Supergroup manifests diversity within neighbourhoods scattered throughout London. With some tendency towards singles living in flats.

A Supergroup embodying London’s diversity in many respects, apart from low numbers of residents identifying as of Bangladeshi, Indian, Pakistani or Other (non-Chinese) Asian ethnicity. There is lower than average prevalence of families with dependent children, while there are above average occurrences of never-married individuals and single-person households. The age distribution is skewed towards younger, single residents and couples without children, with many individuals identifying as of mixed or multiple ethnicity. Social rented or private rented housing is slightly more prevalent than average, and many residents live in flats. Individuals typically work in professional and associated roles in public administration, education or health rather than in elementary occupations in agriculture, energy, water, construction or manufacturing. Incidence of students is slightly below average. Individuals declaring no religion are more prevalent than average and non-use of English at home is below average.

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