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Electoral wardE05011229
St Mary's & St James ward, London Borough of Bexley
St Mary's & St James is one of 17 electoral wards of Bexley London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 10,747 residents in 4,336 households — 1,229 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Old Bexley and Sidcup constituency.
Residents, 202110,747council ward average 14,498
Households4,3362.48 residents per household
Density1,229/ km²about 8.75 km² · London Borough of Bexley 4,069
Aged 65+21.1%London Borough of Bexley: 16.6% · under 16: 19.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.9% · 632
5–95.9% · 632
10–157.3% · 789
16–194.4% · 476
20–244.8% · 511
25–3411.3% · 1,212
35–4919.3% · 2,069
50–6420.1% · 2,156
65–7410.0% · 1,073
75–847.7% · 827
85+3.4% · 370
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van16.8% · 730
1 car or van44.2% · 1,916
2 cars or vans28.5% · 1,237
3 or more10.4% · 453
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; London Borough of Bexley overall: 68.6% owned, 14.7% social rented, 15.3% private rented.
Owned outright40.5% · 1,753
With mortgage35.4% · 1,534
Shared ownership1.5% · 66
Social rented10.8% · 466
Private rented11.8% · 510
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house25.8% · 1,120
Semi-detached house36.5% · 1,586
Terraced house17.4% · 755
Purpose-built flat16.2% · 702
Converted house1.9% · 83
Other conversion0.9% · 39
Above shop / office1.3% · 55
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011229- Constituency
- Old Bexley and Sidcup
- Region
- London
- Density rank in council
- 17 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.