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Electoral wardE05013990

Bromley Common & Holwood ward, London Borough of Bromley

Bromley Common & Holwood is one of 22 electoral wards of Bromley London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 18,780 residents in 7,591 households — 2,690 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bromley and Biggin Hill and Orpington constituencies.

Residents, 202118,780council ward average 14,999
Households7,5912.47 residents per household
Density2,690/ km²about 6.98 km² · London Borough of Bromley 2,198
Aged 65+15.4%London Borough of Bromley: 17.7% · under 16: 20.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.4% · 1,205
5–96.8% · 1,270
10–157.7% · 1,449
16–194.5% · 844
20–244.6% · 863
25–3412.9% · 2,418
35–4922.7% · 4,266
50–6419.1% · 3,578
65–747.9% · 1,487
75–844.8% · 906
85+2.6% · 493

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van20.7% · 1,568
1 car or van46.6% · 3,539
2 cars or vans23.9% · 1,816
3 or more8.8% · 669
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; London Borough of Bromley overall: 68.5% owned, 13.2% social rented, 17.4% private rented.

Owned outright29.7% · 2,252
With mortgage39.6% · 3,009
Shared ownership0.8% · 60
Social rented14.2% · 1,078
Private rented15.7% · 1,190

Type of home

Detached house14.4% · 1,093
Semi-detached house32.4% · 2,462
Terraced house27.5% · 2,086
Purpose-built flat22.1% · 1,674
Converted house2.2% · 170
Other conversion0.4% · 30
Above shop / office1.0% · 76
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05013990
Region
London
Density rank in council
15 of 22

Other wards in the same constituency

BBickley & Sundridge20.1% aged 65+ · 75.3% owned17,764BBiggin Hill23.2% aged 65+ · 86.5% owned10,817BBromley Town14.2% aged 65+ · 56.2% owned15,400CChelsfield20.7% aged 65+ · 83.7% owned11,234CChislehurst21.3% aged 65+ · 77.0% owned15,570DDarwin25.4% aged 65+ · 83.7% owned5,772FFarnborough & Crofton22.3% aged 65+ · 82.6% owned17,703HHayes & Coney Hall20.7% aged 65+ · 87.3% owned15,908OOrpington20.2% aged 65+ · 71.5% owned11,960PPetts Wood & Knoll21.7% aged 65+ · 83.8% owned17,260PPlaistow15.6% aged 65+ · 65.0% owned13,478SShortlands & Park Langley18.1% aged 65+ · 71.3% owned16,210SSt Mary Cray16.8% aged 65+ · 64.1% owned18,436SSt Paul's Cray13.5% aged 65+ · 53.8% owned17,313

All 22 wards of London Borough of Bromley

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.