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Electoral wardE05013670

South Hampstead ward, London Borough of Camden

South Hampstead is one of 20 electoral wards of Camden London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 12,166 residents in 5,549 households — 15,136 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hampstead and Highgate constituency.

Residents, 202112,166council ward average 10,507
Households5,5492.19 residents per household
Density15,136/ km²about 0.80 km² · London Borough of Camden 9,648
Aged 65+9.7%London Borough of Camden: 11.8% · under 16: 15.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.6% · 685
5–94.7% · 573
10–155.5% · 675
16–193.8% · 462
20–247.7% · 936
25–3424.9% · 3,030
35–4924.3% · 2,950
50–6413.8% · 1,678
65–745.2% · 635
75–843.1% · 381
85+1.3% · 158

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van62.3% · 3,457
1 car or van32.3% · 1,793
2 cars or vans4.7% · 263
3 or more0.6% · 36
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright15.2% · 842
With mortgage15.3% · 851
Shared ownership1.3% · 73
Social rented20.6% · 1,141
Private rented47.4% · 2,629
Lives rent free0.2% · 12

Type of home

Detached house0.9% · 52
Semi-detached house2.3% · 126
Terraced house3.9% · 219
Purpose-built flat49.3% · 2,735
Converted house41.2% · 2,284
Other conversion1.1% · 61
Above shop / office1.1% · 62
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 11
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.