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Electoral wardE05011464

Bensham Manor ward, London Borough of Croydon

Bensham Manor is one of 28 electoral wards of Croydon London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 16,938 residents in 6,091 households — 11,750 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Croydon West constituency.

Residents, 202116,938council ward average 13,954
Households6,0912.78 residents per household
Density11,750/ km²about 1.44 km² · London Borough of Croydon 4,518
Aged 65+11.5%London Borough of Croydon: 13.6% · under 16: 20.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.0% · 1,012
5–96.3% · 1,065
10–158.6% · 1,453
16–195.3% · 899
20–245.9% · 995
25–3415.2% · 2,578
35–4920.8% · 3,521
50–6420.4% · 3,459
65–746.7% · 1,131
75–843.5% · 593
85+1.4% · 229

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van38.6% · 2,351
1 car or van43.8% · 2,669
2 cars or vans13.9% · 848
3 or more3.7% · 223
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; London Borough of Croydon overall: 54.7% owned, 17.9% social rented, 25.8% private rented.

Owned outright23.1% · 1,405
With mortgage28.2% · 1,717
Shared ownership1.7% · 105
Social rented12.8% · 782
Private rented34.1% · 2,076
Lives rent free0.1% · 6

Type of home

Detached house5.3% · 324
Semi-detached house14.9% · 906
Terraced house45.4% · 2,763
Purpose-built flat20.8% · 1,264
Converted house12.1% · 734
Other conversion0.5% · 31
Above shop / office1.1% · 67
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05011464
Constituency
Croydon West
Region
London
Density rank in council
2 of 28

Other wards in the same constituency

BBroad Green7.9% aged 65+ · 36.7% owned20,222FFairfield4.6% aged 65+ · 22.4% owned15,345SSelhurst9.4% aged 65+ · 33.9% owned13,184SSouth Norwood10.9% aged 65+ · 41.8% owned16,447WWaddon10.2% aged 65+ · 44.6% owned18,684WWest Thornton10.3% aged 65+ · 45.4% owned18,764WWoodside9.4% aged 65+ · 50.5% owned16,870

All 28 wards of London Borough of Croydon

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.