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Thames Ditton ward, Elmbridge

Thames Ditton is one of 16 electoral wards of Elmbridge Borough Council, in Surrey (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,396 residents in 3,617 households — 3,558 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Esher and Walton constituency; for county elections it is in the East Molesey and Esher and The Dittons divisions.

Residents, 20219,396council ward average 8,672
Households3,6172.6 residents per household
Density3,558/ km²about 2.64 km² · Elmbridge 1,459
Aged 65+18.0%Elmbridge: 17.9% · under 16: 22.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.5% · 608
5–97.7% · 722
10–158.7% · 821
16–193.7% · 348
20–243.3% · 308
25–348.0% · 750
35–4923.7% · 2,230
50–6420.4% · 1,914
65–749.1% · 857
75–845.9% · 551
85+3.1% · 288

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van9.7% · 352
1 car or van49.6% · 1,793
2 cars or vans31.5% · 1,138
3 or more9.2% · 334
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright35.7% · 1,290
With mortgage43.3% · 1,568
Shared ownership0.9% · 32
Social rented4.6% · 168
Private rented15.3% · 554
Lives rent free0.2% · 6

Type of home

Detached house34.1% · 1,232
Semi-detached house29.1% · 1,051
Terraced house11.5% · 414
Purpose-built flat19.5% · 704
Converted house3.9% · 142
Other conversion1.0% · 37
Above shop / office0.9% · 34
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
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.