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Westbourne ward, City of Westminster

Westbourne is one of 18 electoral wards of Westminster City Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 11,685 residents in 4,607 households — 18,242 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Queen's Park and Maida Vale constituency.

Residents, 202111,685council ward average 11,346
Households4,6072.54 residents per household
Density18,242/ km²about 0.64 km² · City of Westminster 9,512
Aged 65+9.7%City of Westminster: 12.1% · under 16: 17.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.6% · 535
5–94.9% · 570
10–158.0% · 933
16–195.7% · 671
20–249.0% · 1,052
25–3419.0% · 2,216
35–4920.9% · 2,447
50–6418.2% · 2,125
65–745.3% · 618
75–843.0% · 349
85+1.4% · 169

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van65.6% · 3,022
1 car or van30.0% · 1,382
2 cars or vans3.8% · 177
3 or more0.6% · 26
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright8.9% · 411
With mortgage9.1% · 420
Shared ownership1.5% · 71
Social rented55.2% · 2,541
Private rented24.5% · 1,128
Lives rent free0.7% · 34

Type of home

Detached house0.4% · 17
Semi-detached house0.6% · 29
Terraced house1.2% · 54
Purpose-built flat83.6% · 3,850
Converted house12.4% · 573
Other conversion0.9% · 41
Above shop / office0.6% · 28
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 13
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.