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Chadwell Heath ward, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

Chadwell Heath is one of 19 electoral wards of Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 14,086 residents in 4,913 households — 3,988 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Dagenham and Rainham and Ilford South constituencies.

Residents, 202114,086council ward average 11,520
Households4,9132.87 residents per household
Density3,988/ km²about 3.53 km² · London Borough of Barking and Dagenham 6,065
Aged 65+12.0%London Borough of Barking and Dagenham: 8.7% · under 16: 25.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.9% · 1,110
5–98.3% · 1,173
10–159.5% · 1,333
16–195.3% · 753
20–245.6% · 787
25–3414.7% · 2,067
35–4921.5% · 3,033
50–6415.2% · 2,148
65–745.9% · 825
75–844.3% · 608
85+1.8% · 251

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van31.1% · 1,527
1 car or van44.6% · 2,191
2 cars or vans18.9% · 931
3 or more5.4% · 264
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; London Borough of Barking and Dagenham overall: 42.4% owned, 31.5% social rented, 24.2% private rented.

Owned outright20.9% · 1,028
With mortgage27.9% · 1,371
Shared ownership0.5% · 25
Social rented29.9% · 1,470
Private rented20.6% · 1,010
Lives rent free0.2% · 9

Type of home

Detached house4.7% · 233
Semi-detached house29.6% · 1,453
Terraced house28.6% · 1,405
Purpose-built flat33.1% · 1,624
Converted house2.3% · 113
Other conversion0.4% · 20
Above shop / office1.3% · 63
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
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.