Electoral wardE05011222
Crayford ward, London Borough of Bexley
Crayford is one of 17 electoral wards of Bexley London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 16,281 residents in 6,543 households — 3,190 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency.
Residents, 202116,281council ward average 14,498
Households6,5432.49 residents per household
Density3,190/ km²about 5.10 km² · London Borough of Bexley 4,069
Aged 65+14.8%London Borough of Bexley: 16.6% · under 16: 20.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.2% · 1,009
5–96.3% · 1,029
10–158.0% · 1,308
16–194.6% · 752
20–245.3% · 866
25–3415.1% · 2,460
35–4920.8% · 3,393
50–6418.7% · 3,051
65–747.9% · 1,286
75–845.0% · 808
85+2.0% · 319
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.8% · 1,426
1 car or van47.5% · 3,109
2 cars or vans23.4% · 1,529
3 or more7.3% · 481
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; London Borough of Bexley overall: 68.6% owned, 14.7% social rented, 15.3% private rented.
Owned outright25.4% · 1,660
With mortgage36.5% · 2,386
Shared ownership2.0% · 130
Social rented21.0% · 1,371
Private rented15.1% · 991
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house5.6% · 368
Semi-detached house41.8% · 2,737
Terraced house24.0% · 1,571
Purpose-built flat25.3% · 1,658
Converted house1.4% · 89
Other conversion0.4% · 29
Above shop / office1.3% · 85
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011222- Constituency
- Bexleyheath and Crayford
- Region
- London
- Density rank in council
- 15 of 17
Other wards in the same constituency
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.