What's the median rent in Chessington South & Malden Rushett?

The median monthly rent across Chessington South & Malden Rushett is £1,796.

How well-connected is Chessington South & Malden Rushett?

Transport score: — out of 100. Combines walking time to the nearest rail station, walking time to the nearest metro stop, and public-transport time to clusters with 5,000+ jobs. The nearest rail station is roughly 7 minutes' walk.

What schools are near Chessington South & Malden Rushett?

There are 9 schools within 2 km of Chessington South & Malden Rushett, of which 56% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 2460 m away.

What is the council tax band in Chessington South & Malden Rushett?

The most common council tax band in Chessington South & Malden Rushett is D, with the typical Band D annual charge around £2,646. Council tax is set by Kingston upon Thames council and applies to every property in the area.

How long is the commute from Chessington South & Malden Rushett to London?

By the fastest direct train, the journey from Chessington South & Malden Rushett to central London is approximately 7 minutes. This is the fastest no-change rail journey from the local area centroid; door-to-door times will vary with walking time to the station.

Is gigabit broadband available in Chessington South & Malden Rushett?

100% of premises in Chessington South & Malden Rushett are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.

What is the deprivation rank of Chessington South & Malden Rushett?

Chessington South & Malden Rushett sits in IMD decile 6 of 10, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of local areas nationally and 10 is the least deprived. The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers and environment.

What's the tenure mix in Chessington South & Malden Rushett?

69% of households in Chessington South & Malden Rushett are owner-occupied. The remainder is split between private renting and social housing — see the Demographics section for the full breakdown from Census 2021.

What is the average property price in Chessington South & Malden Rushett?

The average property price across Kingston upon Thames (the local authority covering Chessington South & Malden Rushett) is approximately £569,910, per HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Per-local area prices vary; see the cost-of-living section for medians by property type.

Is Chessington South & Malden Rushett a commuter town or workplace hub?

Commuter town — most working residents travel out for work. (0.44 jobs per working-age resident. Median resident salary £41,833.)

Which local areas are part of Chessington South & Malden Rushett?

Chessington South & Malden Rushett contains 5 local areas: Kingston upon Thames 020D, Kingston upon Thames 020C, Kingston upon Thames 020A, Kingston upon Thames 020E, Kingston upon Thames 020B.

What is the average rent in Chessington South & Malden Rushett?

The estimated median monthly rent in Chessington South & Malden Rushett is £1,796. This is derived from the council-area ONS rental figure scaled by the local sale-price gradient — see the Cost section for the breakdown by bedroom count and the affordability ratio against local salaries.

Is Chessington South & Malden Rushett a safe place to live?

Chessington South & Malden Rushett has a safety score of 66/100. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crime per 1,000 residents, inverted so 100 is the safest 1% of England + Wales. The Safety section below shows the breakdown by category.

What schools are near Chessington South & Malden Rushett?

56% of schools within 2 km of Chessington South & Malden Rushett are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.

How long is the commute from Chessington South & Malden Rushett?

Public-transport commute time from Chessington South & Malden Rushett to central London is approximately 7 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.

How is Chessington South & Malden Rushett different from the rest of Kingston upon Thames?

Chessington South & Malden Rushett contains 5 sub-areas. The "Sub-areas" section below lets you drill into each one individually — they often vary by 20%+ on rent and demographics within the same neighbourhood.

Where does Chessington South & Malden Rushett rank in Kingston upon Thames?

Chessington South & Malden Rushett scores 59/100 on our composite liveability index. To see how it stacks up against every other neighbourhood in Kingston upon Thames, see the Cities table on the Kingston upon Thames page.

Neighbourhood · Kingston upon Thames · London

Chessington South & Malden Rushett

Kingston upon Thames 020 · 5 sub-areas · 8,920 residents

Updated May 2026

Verdict

How are these scored? →

Best for Families (73/100)Watch-out: Solo renters (56/100)Liveability 59/100 · Above medianCommuter neighbourhood

Chessington South & Malden Rushett is a commuter neighbourhood within Kingston upon Thames — train into London runs in around 7 minutes, and the rhythm of weekday mornings is shaped by it.

Median rent

£1,796+3.5%

vs last year

ONS Rent Index (PIPR) · Mar 2026

Crime / 1k / yr

72.6

Above median

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

Best hub commute

7 min

Direct to London

Network Rail TTIS (CIF) · Apr 2026

Good schools 2 km

56%

9 schools within 2 km

Ofsted (spatial) · Feb 2026

Liveability

59/100

Above median

Population

8,920

5 sub-areas

ONS LSOA mid-2024 estimates · 2024

Overview

What's it like to live in Chessington South & Malden Rushett?

A snapshot of Chessington South & Malden Rushett

2 parks and 1 playgrounds are within five minutes' walk, so greenspace is reliably close at hand; Crime sits around the national average — neither a notable concern nor a notable selling point; Public transport is genuinely strong; most errands and a fair share of social life don't need a car; rents sit firmly in the upper bracket nationally, with a typical home letting at around £1,796 a month; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.

Generated from the latest May 2026 data · refreshed automatically

Figures are aggregated across 5 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.

Chessington South & Malden Rushett in Kingston upon Thames

Cost

Cost of living

What does it cost to live here?

Rent runs at £1,796 a month — 63% above the national median. Council tax is most commonly Band D.

Median rentCouncil area

£1,796/mo

Up 3.5% on last year

+£696 vs nat'l avg

Total monthly baseline

£2,017/mo

Rent + council tax + indicative utilities

Council tax — modal bandCouncil area

Around £2,646/yr · £221/mo

Years to save 10% deposit

6.0 yr

Assumes saving 20% of gross salary

+20% vs nat'l avg

Rent — whole property and per room (sharing)2-bed: £1,741/mo · £871/room

By bedroom count

1 bedroom£1,367/mosolo only

2 bedrooms£1,741/mo£871/mo per room shared

3 bedrooms£2,133/mo£711/mo per room shared

4 bedrooms£2,822/mo£706/mo per room shared

By property type

Flat£1,591/mo

Terraced house£2,124/mo

Semi-detached£2,338/mo

Detached house£2,664/mo

Can you afford to live here?Rent as a share of take-home, four common living arrangements

Renting alone

Whole property, on the local median salary

64%

of take-home

£1,796/mo per person · take-home £2,803/moA stretch

Sharing a 2-bed

Half a 2-bed flat, on the local median salary

31%

of take-home

£871/mo per person · take-home £2,803/moTight but workable

Sharing a 3-bed

One room in a 3-bed flat-share

25%

of take-home

£711/mo per person · take-home £2,803/moComfortable

Couple, two incomes

Whole property split between two earners on the local median salary

32%

of take-home

£898/mo per person · take-home £2,803/moTight but workable

Take-home is calculated from the median resident salary using UK 2024–25 income-tax + NI bands. Higher earners and dual-income households see lower percentages than the table shows; the median figures are a market benchmark, not a personal estimate.

Buying — affordability detail~£2,631/mo on a 25-year mortgage at 5%

Median sale price (Land Registry)£500,000

Average price (HPI, smoother)Council area£569,9100.0% YoY

Estimated monthly mortgage£2,631/mo

Gross rental yield (BTL)4.2%

Years to save 10% deposit6.0 years

Bills — council tax, energy, fuel povertyCouncil tax (Band D, all-in): £2,609/yr

Council tax — Band D (incl. precepts)Council area£2,609/yr

Council tax — band-mix-weighted (typical home)Council area£2,646/yr

EPC median rating—

Homes rated A or B4%

Households in fuel poverty7.3%

Source: ONS PIPR (rent), HM Land Registry / HMLR HPI (sale prices), VOA + MHCLG (council tax), MHCLG EPC bulk download, DESNZ LILEE (fuel poverty).

Safety

How safe is Chessington South & Malden Rushett?

Safety scores 66/100 against the national distribution, with police-recorded crime running 28% below the national average (72.6 per 1,000 residents per year).

Crime / 1k / yr

72.6

recorded incidents per 1,000 residents · 10 / month

Safety scoreHow? →

66/100

Higher is safer (national percentile)

Deprivation decile

6/10

1 = most deprived nationally · 10 = least

How crime is measured

What's counted. Incidents recorded by territorial police forces and published to data.police.uk each month. Rates use the latest 12 months of data divided by the area's mid-2024 ONS resident population — so the figure is reported incidents per 1,000 residents per year.

Anti-social behaviour is the largest category in most areas and is worth reading carefully — it's a community-reports bucket (noise, rowdiness, nuisance), not "crime" in the legal sense. ASB and shoplifting are weighted lower than violent offences in the safety score on each page.

Caveats. The denominator is residents, so workday and tourist destinations can look worse than they feel for someone living there. Greater Manchester forces stopped publishing to data.police.uk in 2020, so figures for those areas are intentionally blank rather than misleadingly low.

Crime by category, per 1,000 residents per yearBar lengths show share of total recorded crime.

Violent & sexual offences

18.7 /1k

Anti-social behaviour

21.0 /1k

Public order

5.2 /1k

Vehicle crime

3.6 /1k

Criminal damage & arson

4.2 /1k

Burglary

2.0 /1k

Other theft

2.7 /1k

Shoplifting

4.1 /1k

Drugs

4.1 /1k

Theft from the person

1.0 /1k

Possession of weapons

0.5 /1k

Robbery

0.7 /1k

Source: data.police.uk monthly counts (12-month rolling, normalised by ONS mid-year population). Greater Manchester values use IMD 2019 crime-domain proxy.

Transport

Getting around Chessington South & Malden Rushett

Strong transport links — 83/100; nearest rail station is Chessington South at around 545 m; 31 bus stops within five minutes' walk; London is reachable in 7 minutes by direct train.

Transport scoreHow? →

83/100

Top quartile

Best hub commute

7 min

Direct to London

WFH share

31%

Census 2021 — work mostly from home

Nearest National Rail

Chessington South

545 m walk · 7 min to London

Nearest tube / metro / tram

Out of metro reach

Nearest metro is more than 5 km away.

Commute by train to major UK hubsFastest: London in 7 min

London

7 min

Manchesterapprox

167 min

Birminghamapprox

117 min

Leedsapprox

171 min

Liverpoolapprox

177 min

Bristolapprox

120 min

Sheffieldapprox

160 min

Edinburghapprox

285 min

Glasgowapprox

312 min

Cardiffapprox

141 min

Walking time from the LSOA centroid to the nearest station, plus the fastest direct train from there. Routes that require a change of train are marked “approx” (haversine fallback).

How residents commute (Census 2021)31% work from home

Drive46%Public transport11%Walk / cycle8%Work from home31%

Method of travel to work for residents in employment, Census 2021 (TS061).

Broadband — gigabit available (1,000 Mbps) to most homesTop speed available: 1,000 Mbps · effectively universal

Top advertised speedCouncil area1,000 Mbps (gigabit)

Gigabit-ready (1,000 Mbps)Council area100% of premises

Ultrafast (≥300 Mbps)Council area100% of premises

Below USO (under 10 Mbps)Council area0.0% of premises

Outdoor 5G coverageCouncil area100%

Coverage from Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Top speeds reflect what's available to buy at the address; actual experienced speeds depend on the chosen package and provider.

Source: National Rail TTIS timetable (direct journey times), TfL Open Data + OSM (metros), Ofcom Connected Nations 2025, ONS Census 2021 (TS061).

Schools

Schools near Chessington South & Malden Rushett

9 schools within a 2 km radius; around 56% rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest Outstanding school, Hinchley Wood School, is around 2732 m away.

School scoreHow? →

91/100

Best 10%

Schools within 2 km

5 rated Good or Outstanding

% Good or Outstanding

56%

Of all schools within 2 km

−14.4 pp vs nat'l avg

Nearest Outstanding school

Hinchley Wood School

2.7 km from the centroid

Closest schools5 closest within ~5 km of the centroid

Name	Phase	Rating	Distance
St Philip's School	Academy Special Converter	Good	51 m
Chessington School	Academy Converter	Good	162 m
Ellingham Primary School	Community School	Good	216 m
St Mary's CofE (Aided) Primary School	Voluntary Aided School	Good	804 m
Southborough High School	Academy Converter	Good	2.0 km

Source: Ofsted school inspection ratings (latest inspection per school), spatially joined to the local area centroid via PostGIS.

Daily life

What's actually around Chessington South & Malden Rushett?

OpenStreetMap counts of the things people use day-to-day — pubs, restaurants, parks, cinemas, supermarkets — within walking distance of the centroid.

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL). Counts derived via the Overpass API and refreshed monthly.

Eat & drink

Pubs0≤ 500 m
Bars0≤ 500 m
Restaurants0≤ 500 m
Cafés1≤ 500 m
Cuisine variety0≤ 1 km

Going out

Cinemas0≤ 2 km
Theatres0≤ 2 km
Museums0≤ 2 km
Galleries0≤ 2 km
Nightclubs0≤ 1 km

Practical & family

Supermarkets1≤ 500 m
Libraries0≤ 500 m
Parks2≤ 500 m
Playgrounds1≤ 500 m
Gyms2≤ 1 km

Getting around

Bus stops (close)31≤ 500 m
Bus stops (wider)31≤ 1 km
Rail stations1≤ 500 m
Tube entrances0≤ 500 m
Tram stops0≤ 500 m

Who it suits

Is Chessington South & Malden Rushett right for you?

Six persona fit scores from 0–100 — each built from the metrics that group actually optimises for. Click through to the matching ranked list for the wider region.

Families

73/100

Good fit

Schools rate reasonably (56% Good+ within 2 km), owner-occupation is high, and safety scores above the median.

See schools ranking →

Young professionals

71/100

Good fit

Transport scores 83/100 and gigabit broadband reaches 100% of premises.

See transport ranking →

Couples

62/100

Good fit

Liveability 59/100, safety 66/100 and median rent at £1,796/mo combine to make this a comfortable choice for a couple.

See affordability ranking →

Retirees

63/100

Good fit

Healthcare is close (GP ~802 m, hospital ~4.7 km), greenspace is walkable, and 15% of residents are 65+ — an established peer group.

See safety ranking →

Investors / BTL

56/100

Mixed

Yield, growth, or rental demand are weak relative to peers — better-fitting BTL areas exist nearby.

See earnings ranking →

Solo renters

56/100

Mixed

Rental stock or transit access fall short — easier neighbourhoods exist for solo renters who need flexibility.

See transport ranking →

How these ratings are built

Each persona has its own scoring model. We pick the metrics that group actually optimises for, then weight and curve them so realistic trade-offs are reflected — a great score in one factor can't fully paper over a poor score in another. Weights sum to 100 before any synergy bonuses.

Families

Families consistently prioritise schooling and a safe, settled neighbourhood, so those two factors carry the most weight and use a convex curve — mediocre values are penalised more than a simple average would suggest. A bonus is applied where good schools and low crime coincide.

Good+ schools within 2 km28%
Crime / safety score22%
Households with children15%
Greenspace proximity15%
Owner-occupation rate10%
Family-age population10%

Young professionals

Young professionals optimise for commute, connectivity and being around peers. Transport gets the largest single weight; broadband uses a concave curve so any decent gigabit coverage counts, and a bonus applies in well-connected, graduate-heavy areas (the classic urban knowledge-hub signal).

Transport / PTAL score27%
18–34 population share22%
Gigabit broadband coverage18%
Degree-educated adults14%
Crime / safety score12%
Private-rental availability7%

Couples

Couples without children weight liveability and day-to-day quality highest. Rent is on a sigmoid curve with a steep cliff between £800 and £1,400/month, reflecting how affordability flips from comfortable to stretched across that range. A bonus applies where the area is both safe and walkable.

Liveability composite25%
Crime / safety score22%
Transport / PTAL score18%
Median rent affordability17%
EPC energy efficiency10%
25–49 population share8%

Retirees

Retirees prioritise healthcare proximity, walkable greenspace and a settled neighbourhood with peers in the same life stage. GP and hospital distance are the largest weights — both use exponential drop-offs because needing care 5 km away is much worse than 1 km away, regardless of how many other amenities are nearby.

GP proximity22%
Hospital proximity18%
Crime / safety score18%
Greenspace proximity14%
Over-65 population share10%
Single-floor accommodation10%
Owner-occupation rate8%

Investors / BTL

Buy-to-let investors weight pure financial signals: yield, capital growth, tenant demand, supply pipeline and area job-growth. Crime and amenities only matter as far as they protect the tenant pool. Yield uses a sigmoid that rewards the realistic 4–7% band; pipeline penalises areas with heavy new-build supply that will pressure future rents.

Gross rental yield32%
House-price growth (HPI YoY)20%
Tenant demand18%
5-year jobs growth12%
Supply pipeline (inverse)10%
Safety score8%

Solo renters

Solo renters and students optimise for flexibility — depth of private-rental supply, peers in the same life stage and frictionless transit. Cost matters but the curve is gentler than for couples (no shared income). A nearby Tube/metro/rail station is heavily weighted because cars are usually off the table for this group.

Private-rental availability22%
Single-person households18%
Transit proximity16%
Median rent affordability14%
18–34 population share12%
Gigabit broadband coverage10%
Crime / safety score8%

Demographics

Who lives here?

Census 2021 demographic profile.

Age profile

Under 1822%18–3421%35–4921%50–6420%65+15%

Tenure

Owned69%Private rent13%Social rent22%

Households

One person23%Couple with children24%Lone parent14%Other9%

Property types

Flat18%Terraced27%Semi-detached38%Detached7%

Ethnic mix and country of birthDiversity index: 36/100

Ethnic group

White79%Asian11%Black3%Mixed5%Other5%

Country of birth

UK-born79%Born outside UK21%

Religion

Christian46%Muslim5%No religion39%Other4%

Education and health31% degree-educated

Degree-educated (16+)31.3%−2.2 pp vs nat'l

No qualifications19.8%

Self-rated good or very good health82.8%

Self-rated bad or very bad health4.3%

Disabled (Equality Act)16.3%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (TS001 / TS003 / TS004 / TS021 / TS030 / TS037 / TS038 / TS044 / TS061 / TS066 / TS067).

Employment

Work and income

primarily residential — most working residents commute out (0.44 jobs per resident); median resident salary £41,833/year; 3.3% on the DWP claimant count.

Median resident salaryCouncil area

£41,833/yr

Workplace earnings of people who live here

Unemployment rate (ILO)

5.1%

ONS ILO method — 67% economically active (Census 2021)

Jobs in the council areaCouncil area

92,000

0.44 jobs per working-age resident

Working status of 16+ residents (Census 2021)ILO unemployment 5.1% · 67% economically active · 33% inactive

ILO unemployment rate: 5.1% — This uses the same methodology as the ONS Labour Force Survey: unemployment is expressed as a share of the economically active population (employed + job-seeking only), not all 16+ residents. Retirees, students, full-time carers and others who are “inactive” are excluded from the denominator, giving a like-for-like figure to the national headline rate.

Employed64%Unemployed3%Inactive33%

Census 2021 TS066. The three bars above share a denominator of all residents aged 16+ and always sum to 100%. "Inactive" covers students, retirees, full-time carers, the long-term sick and anyone not currently seeking work — which is why the raw employed% figure is lower than the LFS employment rate. The ILO unemployment rate above strips out inactive residents and matches the standard definition used in national statistics.

DWP claimant count: 3.3% of working-age (16-64) residents claim Universal Credit while seeking work or Jobseeker's Allowance. This is the live monthly unemployment proxy and is not directly comparable to the Census figures above — it counts a narrower group on a different denominator, but it's the most up-to-date local indicator.

Local job mix (BRES sectors, SIC 2007)Top sector: Retail & hospitality

Health & social

17.4%

Retail & hospitality

25.4%

Education

11.9%

Manufacturing

3.1%

Professional

9.7%

Construction

4.0%

Tech & ICT

4.4%

Finance

0.9%

Net commute flow: +73,360 jobs vs. working-age residents. More jobs than workers — net commuter inflow.

Source: ONS ASHE (resident salary), ONS Census 2021 TS066 (economic activity), ONS BRES NM_189_1 (jobs by sector), DWP claimant count.

Inside this neighbourhood

Sub-areas and postcodes in Chessington South & Malden Rushett

5 sub-areas and 155 postcodes. Tap any to drill in — hover previews on desktop.

Sub-area	Median rent	Liveability	Safety	Transport
Kingston upon Thames 020D	£1,796	73	95	86	View →
Kingston upon Thames 020C	£1,796	11	35	67	View →
Kingston upon Thames 020A	£1,796	73	92	83	View →
Kingston upon Thames 020E	£1,796	59	66	95	View →
Kingston upon Thames 020B	£1,796	13	65	70	View →

Postcodes covered

In Kingston upon Thames 020C

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In Kingston upon Thames 020A

KT9 1AY KT9 1AZ KT9 1BA KT9 1EN KT9 1EW KT9 1LY KT9 1NA KT9 1NB KT9 1ND KT9 1NF KT9 1QR KT9 1QS KT9 1QT KT9 1QU KT9 1QW KT9 1QX KT9 1QY KT9 2PN KT9 2PP KT9 2PW KT9 2QY KT9 2QZ KT9 2RU KT9 2RX

In Kingston upon Thames 020B

KT9 1NW KT9 2JL KT9 2PZ KT9 2QE KT9 2QJ KT9 2QN KT9 2QP KT9 2QR KT9 2QS KT9 2QT KT9 2QU KT9 2QW KT9 2QX KT9 2RH KT9 2RJ KT9 2RL KT9 2RN KT9 2RW

In Kingston upon Thames 020D

KT9 2BD KT9 2BF KT9 2EP KT9 2GA KT9 2GB KT9 2GD KT9 2GE KT9 2GF KT9 2GH KT9 2GZ KT9 2HH KT9 2HJ KT9 2HN KT9 2HP KT9 2HQ KT9 2HW KT9 2JA KT9 2JF KT9 2JG KT9 2JW KT9 2PH KT9 2PJ KT9 2PL KT9 2PR KT9 2PS KT9 2PU KT9 2PX

In Kingston upon Thames 020E

KT9 2DD KT9 2DE KT9 2DF KT9 2DG KT9 2DQ KT9 2DR KT9 2DS KT9 2DT KT9 2EE KT9 2EJ KT9 2EQ KT9 2FA KT9 2JD KT9 2JE KT9 2JR KT9 2JU KT9 2JX KT9 2JY KT9 2JZ KT9 2LA KT9 2LB KT9 2LD KT9 2LE KT9 2LF KT9 2LG KT9 2LH KT9 2LJ KT9 2LL KT9 2LQ KT9 2NY

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What's the median rent in Chessington South & Malden Rushett?: The median monthly rent across Chessington South & Malden Rushett is £1,796.
How safe is Chessington South & Malden Rushett?: Chessington South & Malden Rushett has a safety score of — out of 100, where higher is safer. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted.
How well-connected is Chessington South & Malden Rushett?: Transport score: — out of 100. Combines walking time to the nearest rail station, walking time to the nearest metro stop, and public-transport time to clusters with 5,000+ jobs. The nearest rail station is roughly 7 minutes' walk.
What schools are near Chessington South & Malden Rushett?: There are 9 schools within 2 km of Chessington South & Malden Rushett, of which 56% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 2460 m away.
What is the council tax band in Chessington South & Malden Rushett?: The most common council tax band in Chessington South & Malden Rushett is D, with the typical Band D annual charge around £2,646. Council tax is set by Kingston upon Thames council and applies to every property in the area.
How long is the commute from Chessington South & Malden Rushett to London?: By the fastest direct train, the journey from Chessington South & Malden Rushett to central London is approximately 7 minutes. This is the fastest no-change rail journey from the local area centroid; door-to-door times will vary with walking time to the station.
Is gigabit broadband available in Chessington South & Malden Rushett?: 100% of premises in Chessington South & Malden Rushett are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
What is the deprivation rank of Chessington South & Malden Rushett?: Chessington South & Malden Rushett sits in IMD decile 6 of 10, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of local areas nationally and 10 is the least deprived. The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers and environment.
What's the tenure mix in Chessington South & Malden Rushett?: 69% of households in Chessington South & Malden Rushett are owner-occupied. The remainder is split between private renting and social housing — see the Demographics section for the full breakdown from Census 2021.
What is the average property price in Chessington South & Malden Rushett?: The average property price across Kingston upon Thames (the local authority covering Chessington South & Malden Rushett) is approximately £569,910, per HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Per-local area prices vary; see the cost-of-living section for medians by property type.
Is Chessington South & Malden Rushett a commuter town or workplace hub?: Commuter town — most working residents travel out for work. (0.44 jobs per working-age resident. Median resident salary £41,833.)
Which local areas are part of Chessington South & Malden Rushett?: Chessington South & Malden Rushett contains 5 local areas: Kingston upon Thames 020D, Kingston upon Thames 020C, Kingston upon Thames 020A, Kingston upon Thames 020E, Kingston upon Thames 020B.

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What is the average rent in Chessington South & Malden Rushett?: The estimated median monthly rent in Chessington South & Malden Rushett is £1,796. This is derived from the council-area ONS rental figure scaled by the local sale-price gradient — see the Cost section for the breakdown by bedroom count and the affordability ratio against local salaries.
Is Chessington South & Malden Rushett a safe place to live?: Chessington South & Malden Rushett has a safety score of 66/100. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crime per 1,000 residents, inverted so 100 is the safest 1% of England + Wales. The Safety section below shows the breakdown by category.
What schools are near Chessington South & Malden Rushett?: 56% of schools within 2 km of Chessington South & Malden Rushett are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
How long is the commute from Chessington South & Malden Rushett?: Public-transport commute time from Chessington South & Malden Rushett to central London is approximately 7 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
How is Chessington South & Malden Rushett different from the rest of Kingston upon Thames?: Chessington South & Malden Rushett contains 5 sub-areas. The "Sub-areas" section below lets you drill into each one individually — they often vary by 20%+ on rent and demographics within the same neighbourhood.
Where does Chessington South & Malden Rushett rank in Kingston upon Thames?: Chessington South & Malden Rushett scores 59/100 on our composite liveability index. To see how it stacks up against every other neighbourhood in Kingston upon Thames, see the Cities table on the Kingston upon Thames page.

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