Electoral wardE05011233
West Heath ward, London Borough of Bexley
West Heath is one of 17 electoral wards of Bexley London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 15,936 residents in 5,948 households — 6,703 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency.
Residents, 202115,936council ward average 14,498
Households5,9482.68 residents per household
Density6,703/ km²about 2.38 km² · London Borough of Bexley 4,069
Aged 65+19.5%London Borough of Bexley: 16.6% · under 16: 18.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.6% · 892
5–95.8% · 928
10–157.4% · 1,177
16–194.5% · 720
20–245.3% · 851
25–3410.9% · 1,738
35–4919.9% · 3,172
50–6421.0% · 3,346
65–7410.2% · 1,628
75–846.6% · 1,059
85+2.7% · 425
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van15.5% · 920
1 car or van43.0% · 2,560
2 cars or vans29.3% · 1,745
3 or more12.2% · 723
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; London Borough of Bexley overall: 68.6% owned, 14.7% social rented, 15.3% private rented.
Owned outright42.6% · 2,531
With mortgage41.4% · 2,462
Shared ownership0.8% · 46
Social rented6.3% · 372
Private rented9.0% · 536
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house4.4% · 261
Semi-detached house77.8% · 4,625
Terraced house7.7% · 456
Purpose-built flat8.2% · 485
Converted house0.8% · 47
Other conversion0.6% · 36
Above shop / office0.6% · 35
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011233- Constituency
- Bexleyheath and Crayford
- Region
- London
- Density rank in council
- 1 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.