Kensington is a suburb which lies within the Territorial Authority of Dunedin, one of 97 residential suburbs which form the wider region. Kensington is the 85th largest suburb of Dunedin in terms of the total number of residential housing stock. Kensington provides a range of housing stock, with the earliest residential housing recorded in the area constructed between 1910 - 1919. The majority of the residential housing stock in the locality was constructed between 1910 - 1919. Residential housing stock in Kensington is made up of primarily standard residential housing property types with a small proportion of purpose built residential rental housing and lifestyle properties.