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Electoral wardE05011232
Thamesmead East ward, London Borough of Bexley
Thamesmead East is one of 17 electoral wards of Bexley London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 15,926 residents in 5,706 households — 3,720 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Erith and Thamesmead constituency.
Residents, 202115,926council ward average 14,498
Households5,7062.79 residents per household
Density3,720/ km²about 4.28 km² · London Borough of Bexley 4,069
Aged 65+9.1%London Borough of Bexley: 16.6% · under 16: 25.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.5% · 1,033
5–97.8% · 1,246
10–1510.7% · 1,701
16–195.8% · 923
20–245.9% · 942
25–3412.8% · 2,045
35–4921.3% · 3,392
50–6420.1% · 3,197
65–745.7% · 908
75–842.7% · 432
85+0.7% · 108
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van38.5% · 2,194
1 car or van43.2% · 2,463
2 cars or vans14.6% · 834
3 or more3.8% · 215
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; London Borough of Bexley overall: 68.6% owned, 14.7% social rented, 15.3% private rented.
Owned outright12.8% · 732
With mortgage20.9% · 1,190
Shared ownership0.5% · 26
Social rented43.4% · 2,477
Private rented22.0% · 1,254
Lives rent free0.5% · 28
Type of home
Detached house4.5% · 257
Semi-detached house13.9% · 793
Terraced house39.0% · 2,223
Purpose-built flat41.5% · 2,369
Converted house0.7% · 40
Other conversion0.2% · 9
Above shop / office0.2% · 10
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011232- Constituency
- Erith and Thamesmead
- Region
- London
- Density rank in council
- 13 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.