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Electoral wardE05011079

Long Ditton ward, Elmbridge

Long Ditton is one of 16 electoral wards of Elmbridge Borough Council, in Surrey (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,236 residents in 2,811 households — 3,127 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Esher and Walton constituency; for county elections it is in the Hinchley Wood, Claygate and Oxshott and The Dittons divisions.

Residents, 20217,236council ward average 8,672
Households2,8112.57 residents per household
Density3,127/ km²about 2.31 km² · Elmbridge 1,459
Aged 65+14.7%Elmbridge: 17.9% · under 16: 22.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.5% · 399
5–97.3% · 525
10–159.8% · 706
16–194.9% · 357
20–243.8% · 273
25–348.8% · 635
35–4924.6% · 1,777
50–6420.7% · 1,496
65–748.4% · 611
75–844.6% · 334
85+1.7% · 121

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van12.0% · 336
1 car or van49.1% · 1,381
2 cars or vans28.6% · 803
3 or more10.4% · 291
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Elmbridge overall: 71.3% owned, 10.1% social rented, 17.5% private rented.

Owned outright32.6% · 916
With mortgage43.1% · 1,211
Shared ownership0.3% · 8
Social rented11.3% · 317
Private rented12.7% · 357
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house26.1% · 734
Semi-detached house27.3% · 767
Terraced house28.1% · 790
Purpose-built flat13.6% · 381
Converted house4.1% · 115
Other conversion0.2% · 6
Above shop / office0.4% · 11
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 6
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.