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Electoral wardE05009308
Portsoken ward, City of London
Portsoken is one of 25 electoral wards of Court of Common Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 1,100 residents in 480 households — 5,802 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Cities of London and Westminster constituency.
Residents, 20211,100council ward average 1,717
Households4802.29 residents per household
Density5,802/ km²about 0.19 km² · City of London 2,970
Aged 65+9.5%City of London: 14.1% · under 16: 12.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.7% · 52
5–94.1% · 45
10–154.0% · 44
16–197.2% · 79
20–2410.7% · 118
25–3419.6% · 216
35–4918.9% · 208
50–6421.3% · 235
65–745.5% · 61
75–842.9% · 32
85+1.1% · 12
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van78.3% · 375
1 car or van19.2% · 92
2 cars or vans1.9% · 9
3 or more0.6% · 3
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; City of London overall: 36.5% owned, 14.9% social rented, 48.4% private rented.
Owned outright4.0% · 19
With mortgage4.4% · 21
Shared ownership0.2% · 1
Social rented69.7% · 333
Private rented21.8% · 104
Type of home
Terraced house0.4% · 2
Purpose-built flat95.4% · 457
Converted house1.0% · 5
Other conversion1.0% · 5
Above shop / office2.1% · 10
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05009308- Council
- Court of Common Council
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
- Region
- London
- Density rank in council
- 3 of 5
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 1 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.