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Longlands ward, London Borough of Bexley

Longlands is one of 17 electoral wards of Bexley London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 10,078 residents in 4,255 households — 5,334 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Old Bexley and Sidcup constituency.

Residents, 202110,078council ward average 14,498
Households4,2552.37 residents per household
Density5,334/ km²about 1.89 km² · London Borough of Bexley 4,069
Aged 65+21.4%London Borough of Bexley: 16.6% · under 16: 17.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.7% · 574
5–95.6% · 563
10–156.0% · 608
16–193.8% · 388
20–245.5% · 551
25–3413.4% · 1,352
35–4919.3% · 1,943
50–6419.3% · 1,944
65–749.9% · 999
75–847.9% · 794
85+3.6% · 364

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van20.4% · 869
1 car or van49.0% · 2,086
2 cars or vans23.0% · 979
3 or more7.5% · 321
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright36.5% · 1,553
With mortgage36.6% · 1,559
Shared ownership0.8% · 33
Social rented12.3% · 523
Private rented13.8% · 586
Lives rent free0.0% · 2

Type of home

Detached house9.0% · 381
Semi-detached house41.7% · 1,775
Terraced house11.6% · 494
Purpose-built flat35.2% · 1,499
Converted house1.4% · 60
Other conversion0.2% · 10
Above shop / office0.8% · 36
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.