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Barnehurst ward, London Borough of Bexley

Barnehurst is one of 17 electoral wards of Bexley London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 11,678 residents in 4,439 households — 5,481 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency.

Residents, 202111,678council ward average 14,498
Households4,4392.63 residents per household
Density5,481/ km²about 2.13 km² · London Borough of Bexley 4,069
Aged 65+17.7%London Borough of Bexley: 16.6% · under 16: 20.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.4% · 744
5–96.7% · 788
10–157.4% · 865
16–194.5% · 523
20–245.0% · 586
25–3412.9% · 1,506
35–4920.5% · 2,400
50–6418.9% · 2,205
65–749.4% · 1,100
75–845.9% · 685
85+2.4% · 278

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van18.5% · 821
1 car or van44.3% · 1,967
2 cars or vans27.1% · 1,204
3 or more10.1% · 447
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; London Borough of Bexley overall: 68.6% owned, 14.7% social rented, 15.3% private rented.

Owned outright34.8% · 1,548
With mortgage39.1% · 1,738
Shared ownership1.1% · 51
Social rented13.7% · 608
Private rented11.1% · 495
Lives rent free0.0% · 2

Type of home

Detached house5.5% · 244
Semi-detached house57.8% · 2,567
Terraced house21.4% · 951
Purpose-built flat12.2% · 543
Converted house2.0% · 89
Other conversion0.0% · 2
Above shop / office1.0% · 44
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.