Electoral wardE05011468
Fairfield ward, London Borough of Croydon
Fairfield is one of 28 electoral wards of Croydon London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 15,345 residents in 7,372 households — 10,457 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Croydon West constituency.
Residents, 202115,345council ward average 13,954
Households7,3722.08 residents per household
Density10,457/ km²about 1.47 km² · London Borough of Croydon 4,518
Aged 65+4.6%London Borough of Croydon: 13.6% · under 16: 18.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.9% · 1,211
5–95.5% · 844
10–154.6% · 704
16–192.6% · 394
20–247.3% · 1,116
25–3430.9% · 4,743
35–4925.4% · 3,890
50–6411.3% · 1,739
65–742.5% · 386
75–841.6% · 240
85+0.5% · 76
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van65.2% · 4,808
1 car or van30.2% · 2,227
2 cars or vans4.0% · 295
3 or more0.6% · 42
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; London Borough of Croydon overall: 54.7% owned, 17.9% social rented, 25.8% private rented.
Owned outright5.9% · 433
With mortgage16.5% · 1,219
Shared ownership2.9% · 212
Social rented16.6% · 1,221
Private rented57.9% · 4,272
Lives rent free0.2% · 15
Type of home
Detached house1.4% · 105
Semi-detached house5.0% · 369
Terraced house7.4% · 549
Purpose-built flat71.1% · 5,246
Converted house7.9% · 586
Other conversion4.3% · 317
Above shop / office2.6% · 190
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 15
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011468- Constituency
- Croydon West
- Region
- London
- Density rank in council
- 3 of 28
Council offices in this ward
CCroydon Council HQCouncil office · CR0 1EATBraithwaite HallsTown hall · CR0 1NXTCroydon Town HallTown hall · CR0 1NXCLondon Borough of CroydonCouncil office · CR0 1EA
Other wards in the same constituency
BBensham Manor11.5% aged 65+ · 51.3% owned16,938BBroad Green7.9% aged 65+ · 36.7% owned20,222SSelhurst9.4% 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
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.