 The urban sprawl of Kiev infringes into the raion and many settlements while categorized as villages have residential clusters with multi-story panel-houses of the Soviet or Soviet-like design.With the ongoing demographic crisis in Ukraine, Kiev and its vicinities among which is the Kiev-Sviatoshyn Raion experiences increase in population which is related to the Russian-Ukrainian armed conflict (see Russian military intervention in Ukraine (2014–present)).The raion has adequately developed transportation infrastructure.