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Electoral wardE05011476

Purley & Woodcote ward, London Borough of Croydon

Purley & Woodcote is one of 28 electoral wards of Croydon London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 15,184 residents in 5,897 households — 2,979 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Croydon South constituency.

Residents, 202115,184council ward average 13,954
Households5,8972.57 residents per household
Density2,979/ km²about 5.10 km² · London Borough of Croydon 4,518
Aged 65+18.6%London Borough of Croydon: 13.6% · under 16: 18.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.9% · 900
5–95.9% · 896
10–156.9% · 1,050
16–194.0% · 601
20–244.6% · 701
25–3414.2% · 2,153
35–4920.8% · 3,153
50–6419.1% · 2,904
65–749.7% · 1,468
75–845.8% · 882
85+3.1% · 475

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van23.6% · 1,389
1 car or van42.6% · 2,514
2 cars or vans23.7% · 1,397
3 or more10.1% · 597
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright29.7% · 1,749
With mortgage36.1% · 2,131
Shared ownership2.4% · 139
Social rented11.8% · 693
Private rented20.0% · 1,177
Lives rent free0.1% · 8

Type of home

Detached house33.1% · 1,950
Semi-detached house18.2% · 1,075
Terraced house10.1% · 593
Purpose-built flat31.1% · 1,835
Converted house5.1% · 300
Other conversion0.8% · 47
Above shop / office1.6% · 95
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05011476
Constituency
Croydon South
Region
London
Density rank in council
21 of 28

Other wards in the same constituency

CCoulsdon Town15.7% aged 65+ · 77.3% owned15,419KKenley18.5% aged 65+ · 77.0% owned10,985OOld Coulsdon21.9% aged 65+ · 78.1% owned10,109PPark Hill & Whitgift19.3% aged 65+ · 52.6% owned5,787PPurley 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.