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Electoral wardE05013661

Highgate ward, London Borough of Camden

Highgate is one of 20 electoral wards of Camden London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 10,226 residents in 4,446 households — 3,173 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hampstead and Highgate constituency.

Residents, 202110,226council ward average 10,507
Households4,4462.3 residents per household
Density3,173/ km²about 3.22 km² · London Borough of Camden 9,648
Aged 65+18.0%London Borough of Camden: 11.8% · under 16: 16.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.2% · 426
5–94.7% · 481
10–157.1% · 731
16–194.8% · 488
20–245.5% · 561
25–3414.5% · 1,487
35–4919.9% · 2,031
50–6421.3% · 2,178
65–7410.2% · 1,039
75–845.9% · 606
85+2.0% · 200

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van48.3% · 2,147
1 car or van39.2% · 1,742
2 cars or vans10.5% · 465
3 or more2.0% · 91
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; London Borough of Camden overall: 29.7% owned, 33.7% social rented, 35.6% private rented.

Owned outright26.6% · 1,183
With mortgage20.1% · 896
Shared ownership0.7% · 31
Social rented33.1% · 1,474
Private rented19.1% · 848
Lives rent free0.4% · 17

Type of home

Detached house7.8% · 347
Semi-detached house8.8% · 392
Terraced house13.3% · 593
Purpose-built flat48.4% · 2,150
Converted house19.1% · 850
Other conversion1.6% · 69
Above shop / office1.0% · 45
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05013661
Region
London
Density rank in council
20 of 20

Other wards in the same constituency

BBelsize12.9% aged 65+ · 40.9% owned12,299FFortune Green11.4% aged 65+ · 38.1% owned11,410FFrognal15.2% aged 65+ · 47.7% owned7,725GGospel Oak13.1% aged 65+ · 29.3% owned11,616HHampstead Town18.1% aged 65+ · 52.6% owned8,016KKilburn11.8% aged 65+ · 19.6% owned12,061PPrimrose Hill15.7% aged 65+ · 37.0% owned12,543SSouth Hampstead9.7% aged 65+ · 30.5% owned12,166WWest Hampstead9.4% aged 65+ · 29.7% owned11,162

All 20 wards of London Borough of Camden

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.