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Electoral wardE05013808

West End ward, City of Westminster

West End is one of 18 electoral wards of Westminster City Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 11,543 residents in 6,239 households — 5,053 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Cities of London and Westminster constituency.

Residents, 202111,543council ward average 11,346
Households6,2391.85 residents per household
Density5,053/ km²about 2.28 km² · City of Westminster 9,512
Aged 65+12.3%City of Westminster: 12.1% · under 16: 8.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–42.8% · 318
5–92.4% · 276
10–152.9% · 335
16–193.2% · 373
20–2413.2% · 1,524
25–3422.7% · 2,617
35–4921.7% · 2,509
50–6418.8% · 2,174
65–746.6% · 762
75–844.1% · 471
85+1.6% · 185

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van73.7% · 4,600
1 car or van20.6% · 1,287
2 cars or vans4.6% · 285
3 or more1.1% · 67
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; City of Westminster overall: 27.4% owned, 28.3% social rented, 43.3% private rented.

Owned outright14.6% · 913
With mortgage8.1% · 506
Shared ownership0.8% · 47
Social rented23.7% · 1,480
Private rented52.5% · 3,276
Lives rent free0.2% · 15

Type of home

Detached house0.5% · 33
Semi-detached house1.0% · 63
Terraced house3.7% · 229
Purpose-built flat79.1% · 4,937
Converted house6.2% · 387
Other conversion2.7% · 167
Above shop / office6.7% · 420
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 3
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05013808
Region
London
Density rank in council
16 of 18

Council offices in this ward

CChild Maintenance ServiceCouncil office · W1D 1NB

Other wards in the same constituency

AAbbey Road14.7% aged 65+ · 36.0% owned13,043HHyde Park10.9% aged 65+ · 27.7% owned10,321KKnightsbridge & Belgravia14.1% aged 65+ · 35.7% owned11,028MMarylebone12.3% aged 65+ · 30.7% owned12,157PPimlico North13.8% aged 65+ · 30.1% owned10,317PPimlico South14.1% aged 65+ · 20.6% owned10,692RRegent's Park14.4% aged 65+ · 35.3% owned11,611SSt James's11.6% aged 65+ · 22.4% owned10,361VVincent Square13.7% aged 65+ · 27.3% owned10,327

All 18 wards of City of Westminster

Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.