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Electoral wardE05014006

St Mary Cray ward, London Borough of Bromley

St Mary Cray is one of 22 electoral wards of Bromley London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 18,436 residents in 7,612 households — 2,087 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Orpington constituency.

Residents, 202118,436council ward average 14,999
Households7,6122.42 residents per household
Density2,087/ km²about 8.84 km² · London Borough of Bromley 2,198
Aged 65+16.8%London Borough of Bromley: 17.7% · under 16: 20.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.5% · 1,190
5–96.6% · 1,209
10–157.5% · 1,377
16–194.4% · 806
20–245.1% · 932
25–3413.6% · 2,501
35–4920.2% · 3,726
50–6419.6% · 3,606
65–748.4% · 1,554
75–845.8% · 1,075
85+2.5% · 460

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van23.6% · 1,795
1 car or van46.7% · 3,552
2 cars or vans22.6% · 1,718
3 or more7.2% · 547
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright31.8% · 2,421
With mortgage32.3% · 2,460
Shared ownership1.6% · 121
Social rented21.2% · 1,613
Private rented13.1% · 997
Lives rent free0.0% · 2

Type of home

Detached house10.2% · 774
Semi-detached house45.3% · 3,451
Terraced house22.1% · 1,685
Purpose-built flat19.7% · 1,497
Converted house1.6% · 123
Other conversion0.4% · 28
Above shop / office0.7% · 52
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014006
Constituency
Orpington
Region
London
Density rank in council
16 of 22

Other wards in the same constituency

BBromley Common & Holwood15.4% aged 65+ · 69.3% owned18,780CChelsfield20.7% 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% owned17,703OOrpington20.2% aged 65+ · 71.5% owned11,960PPetts Wood & Knoll21.7% aged 65+ · 83.8% owned17,260SSt 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.