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Kenley ward, London Borough of Croydon

Kenley is one of 28 electoral wards of Croydon London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 10,985 residents in 4,137 households — 2,114 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Croydon South constituency.

Residents, 202110,985council ward average 13,954
Households4,1372.66 residents per household
Density2,114/ km²about 5.20 km² · London Borough of Croydon 4,518
Aged 65+18.5%London Borough of Croydon: 13.6% · under 16: 19.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.9% · 645
5–96.3% · 693
10–157.4% · 816
16–193.8% · 417
20–244.6% · 510
25–3411.4% · 1,247
35–4921.1% · 2,312
50–6421.0% · 2,310
65–749.6% · 1,052
75–845.9% · 646
85+3.1% · 335

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van13.2% · 548
1 car or van44.4% · 1,837
2 cars or vans30.3% · 1,253
3 or more12.1% · 499
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright33.0% · 1,365
With mortgage44.0% · 1,821
Shared ownership1.3% · 54
Social rented10.2% · 421
Private rented11.4% · 473
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house39.0% · 1,613
Semi-detached house31.9% · 1,317
Terraced house9.2% · 379
Purpose-built flat16.9% · 697
Converted house2.2% · 93
Other conversion0.3% · 14
Above shop / office0.5% · 21
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.