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Electoral wardE05013667

Primrose Hill ward, London Borough of Camden

Primrose Hill is one of 20 electoral wards of Camden London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 12,543 residents in 5,658 households — 9,412 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hampstead and Highgate and Holborn and St Pancras constituencies.

Residents, 202112,543council ward average 10,507
Households5,6582.22 residents per household
Density9,412/ km²about 1.33 km² · London Borough of Camden 9,648
Aged 65+15.7%London Borough of Camden: 11.8% · under 16: 17.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.7% · 712
5–95.5% · 693
10–156.6% · 822
16–194.3% · 534
20–245.7% · 712
25–3416.6% · 2,088
35–4921.9% · 2,744
50–6418.1% · 2,273
65–747.9% · 986
75–845.4% · 672
85+2.4% · 306

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van54.0% · 3,055
1 car or van36.2% · 2,049
2 cars or vans8.1% · 461
3 or more1.6% · 93
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright21.9% · 1,240
With mortgage15.0% · 851
Shared ownership0.4% · 20
Social rented27.4% · 1,551
Private rented35.1% · 1,987
Lives rent free0.2% · 9

Type of home

Detached house1.8% · 101
Semi-detached house3.8% · 214
Terraced house12.7% · 719
Purpose-built flat51.3% · 2,904
Converted house28.2% · 1,593
Other conversion1.0% · 54
Above shop / office1.3% · 71
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
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.