Shepherds Bush Green ward profile 2024

Ward councillors

• Mercy Umeh (Labour)
• Zarar Qayyum (Labour)

Ward description

The ward is almost entirely residential in character, with the exception of the Olympia London, a large exhibition centre. Kensington Olympia rail station, which is serviced by the London Overground, National Rail and District line, is located there.

It is a middle-sized ward, previously part of Avonmore and Brook Green. There has been no large change in population size over the past 10 years and it still has a large single person household.

44% of residents are in private accommodation and under 36% of residents live in property that they own.

The ward is relatively affluent area. The overall population is middle-aged and young, single, healthy and skilled. A high proportion of the population work in well-paid occupations.

Characteristics of the ward

• Lower house prices
• Lower proportion of private renters
• Higher proportion of people not in employment and with no qualifications
• Higher proportion with poor health or disability
• The highest level of offences

Pockets of deprivation

Even though the ward is relatively affluent, there still exists some deprived areas that suffer from multiple interlinked problems.

This includes:

• Edward Woods Estate
• William Church Estate

Generally, these areas are characterised by:

• low skills
• low incomes
• worklessness
• social rented housing
• health issues

The ward is made up of 4 Lower Super Output Areas (LSOAs). 2 are ranked within the 20% most deprived and the remaining 2 within the 40% most deprived nationally.

There are 7 deprivation 'domains' within the IMD 2019 and the highest scores for the ward are in:

• living environment
• crime
• barriers to housing and services