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Electoral wardE05011474

Old Coulsdon ward, London Borough of Croydon

Old Coulsdon is one of 28 electoral wards of Croydon London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 10,109 residents in 3,952 households — 1,458 people per km², the 24th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Croydon South constituency.

Residents, 202110,109council ward average 13,954
Households3,9522.56 residents per household
Density1,458/ km²about 6.93 km² · London Borough of Croydon 4,518
Aged 65+21.9%London Borough of Croydon: 13.6% · under 16: 19.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.1% · 615
5–96.1% · 620
10–157.7% · 778
16–194.0% · 408
20–244.7% · 470
25–349.6% · 968
35–4920.0% · 2,020
50–6419.9% · 2,012
65–7411.1% · 1,120
75–847.7% · 774
85+3.2% · 321

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van16.0% · 633
1 car or van41.5% · 1,639
2 cars or vans30.9% · 1,221
3 or more11.6% · 459
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright40.6% · 1,603
With mortgage37.5% · 1,484
Shared ownership0.8% · 30
Social rented14.3% · 567
Private rented6.7% · 264
Lives rent free0.1% · 5

Type of home

Detached house32.6% · 1,287
Semi-detached house42.3% · 1,671
Terraced house13.0% · 513
Purpose-built flat10.1% · 398
Converted house1.2% · 46
Other conversion0.3% · 11
Above shop / office0.6% · 24
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05011474
Constituency
Croydon South
Region
London
Density rank in council
28 of 28

Other wards in the same constituency

CCoulsdon Town15.7% aged 65+ · 77.3% owned15,419KKenley18.5% aged 65+ · 77.0% owned10,985PPark Hill & Whitgift19.3% aged 65+ · 52.6% owned5,787PPurley & Woodcote18.6% aged 65+ · 65.8% owned15,184PPurley Oaks & Riddlesdown15.8% aged 65+ · 71.4% owned9,715SSanderstead22.8% aged 65+ · 83.3% owned15,773SSouth Croydon11.0% aged 65+ · 51.1% owned18,064

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.