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Electoral wardE05013992

Chelsfield ward, London Borough of Bromley

Chelsfield is one of 22 electoral wards of Bromley London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 11,234 residents in 4,389 households — 1,248 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Orpington constituency.

Residents, 202111,234council ward average 14,999
Households4,3892.56 residents per household
Density1,248/ km²about 9.00 km² · London Borough of Bromley 2,198
Aged 65+20.7%London Borough of Bromley: 17.7% · under 16: 20.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.3% · 599
5–97.0% · 791
10–157.7% · 867
16–194.2% · 471
20–244.0% · 451
25–349.1% · 1,022
35–4922.3% · 2,511
50–6419.6% · 2,197
65–7410.8% · 1,214
75–846.8% · 768
85+3.1% · 344

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van12.3% · 538
1 car or van47.1% · 2,066
2 cars or vans29.9% · 1,314
3 or more10.8% · 472
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright43.1% · 1,892
With mortgage40.6% · 1,782
Shared ownership0.5% · 20
Social rented5.5% · 243
Private rented10.3% · 454
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house38.5% · 1,690
Semi-detached house36.8% · 1,616
Terraced house15.9% · 698
Purpose-built flat6.7% · 293
Converted house0.9% · 41
Other conversion0.2% · 10
Above shop / office0.9% · 39
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.