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Electoral wardE05011478
Sanderstead ward, London Borough of Croydon
Sanderstead is one of 28 electoral wards of Croydon London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 15,773 residents in 6,007 households — 2,093 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Croydon South constituency.
Residents, 202115,773council ward average 13,954
Households6,0072.63 residents per household
Density2,093/ km²about 7.54 km² · London Borough of Croydon 4,518
Aged 65+22.8%London Borough of Croydon: 13.6% · under 16: 19.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.2% · 823
5–96.1% · 957
10–157.7% · 1,220
16–193.9% · 614
20–244.5% · 715
25–348.9% · 1,403
35–4920.0% · 3,149
50–6420.9% · 3,294
65–7412.0% · 1,896
75–847.2% · 1,140
85+3.6% · 563
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van12.8% · 769
1 car or van41.9% · 2,518
2 cars or vans32.6% · 1,956
3 or more12.7% · 764
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; London Borough of Croydon overall: 54.7% owned, 17.9% social rented, 25.8% private rented.
Owned outright44.9% · 2,698
With mortgage38.4% · 2,308
Shared ownership0.5% · 30
Social rented5.4% · 325
Private rented10.7% · 644
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house38.4% · 2,306
Semi-detached house41.2% · 2,477
Terraced house5.3% · 319
Purpose-built flat10.3% · 621
Converted house3.5% · 209
Other conversion0.2% · 12
Above shop / office1.0% · 61
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011478- Constituency
- Croydon South
- Region
- London
- Density rank in council
- 25 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 & Woodcote18.6% aged 65+ · 65.8% owned15,184PPurley Oaks & Riddlesdown15.8% aged 65+ · 71.4% owned9,715SSouth Croydon11.0% aged 65+ · 51.1% owned18,064
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.