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Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood ward, London Borough of Croydon

Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood is one of 28 electoral wards of Croydon London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 16,352 residents in 7,222 households — 6,327 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Streatham and Croydon North constituency.

Residents, 202116,352council ward average 13,954
Households7,2222.26 residents per household
Density6,327/ km²about 2.58 km² · London Borough of Croydon 4,518
Aged 65+12.3%London Borough of Croydon: 13.6% · under 16: 19.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.8% · 1,110
5–95.8% · 946
10–156.7% · 1,095
16–193.6% · 588
20–244.3% · 707
25–3416.3% · 2,669
35–4925.6% · 4,186
50–6418.5% · 3,032
65–746.8% · 1,113
75–843.9% · 635
85+1.7% · 271

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van38.0% · 2,740
1 car or van46.8% · 3,381
2 cars or vans11.6% · 835
3 or more3.6% · 263
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright21.7% · 1,564
With mortgage33.3% · 2,401
Shared ownership1.6% · 118
Social rented17.6% · 1,271
Private rented25.7% · 1,856
Lives rent free0.1% · 9

Type of home

Detached house8.1% · 583
Semi-detached house15.4% · 1,109
Terraced house15.5% · 1,119
Purpose-built flat42.7% · 3,084
Converted house15.3% · 1,103
Other conversion1.0% · 70
Above shop / office2.1% · 149
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.