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Bexleyheath ward, London Borough of Bexley

Bexleyheath is one of 17 electoral wards of Bexley London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 15,618 residents in 6,309 households — 4,308 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency.

Residents, 202115,618council ward average 14,498
Households6,3092.48 residents per household
Density4,308/ km²about 3.63 km² · London Borough of Bexley 4,069
Aged 65+21.7%London Borough of Bexley: 16.6% · under 16: 18.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.5% · 862
5–96.0% · 933
10–157.0% · 1,086
16–193.7% · 578
20–244.9% · 759
25–3411.8% · 1,845
35–4919.8% · 3,088
50–6419.7% · 3,083
65–7410.5% · 1,635
75–847.7% · 1,204
85+3.5% · 544

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van21.4% · 1,348
1 car or van44.7% · 2,819
2 cars or vans24.3% · 1,536
3 or more9.6% · 606
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright43.3% · 2,733
With mortgage36.2% · 2,287
Shared ownership1.2% · 75
Social rented6.3% · 400
Private rented12.9% · 812
Lives rent free0.0% · 2

Type of home

Detached house11.2% · 708
Semi-detached house52.5% · 3,313
Terraced house13.9% · 877
Purpose-built flat18.3% · 1,156
Converted house2.6% · 162
Other conversion0.2% · 10
Above shop / office1.3% · 82
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.