Electoral wardE05011479
Selhurst ward, London Borough of Croydon
Selhurst is one of 28 electoral wards of Croydon London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 13,184 residents in 5,248 households — 10,084 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Croydon West constituency.
Residents, 202113,184council ward average 13,954
Households5,2482.51 residents per household
Density10,084/ km²about 1.31 km² · London Borough of Croydon 4,518
Aged 65+9.4%London Borough of Croydon: 13.6% · under 16: 23.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.6% · 1,003
5–97.7% · 1,019
10–158.2% · 1,079
16–195.1% · 667
20–246.0% · 797
25–3416.0% · 2,114
35–4922.8% · 3,004
50–6417.2% · 2,264
65–745.4% · 706
75–843.0% · 390
85+1.1% · 140
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van48.3% · 2,537
1 car or van40.0% · 2,101
2 cars or vans9.2% · 484
3 or more2.4% · 126
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; London Borough of Croydon overall: 54.7% owned, 17.9% social rented, 25.8% private rented.
Owned outright12.7% · 665
With mortgage21.2% · 1,115
Shared ownership2.0% · 106
Social rented29.5% · 1,548
Private rented34.3% · 1,803
Lives rent free0.2% · 12
Type of home
Detached house4.8% · 250
Semi-detached house16.6% · 871
Terraced house24.2% · 1,271
Purpose-built flat35.2% · 1,850
Converted house16.1% · 846
Other conversion1.4% · 73
Above shop / office1.6% · 82
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 7
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011479- Constituency
- Croydon West
- Region
- London
- Density rank in council
- 6 of 28
Other wards in the same constituency
BBensham Manor11.5% aged 65+ · 51.3% owned16,938BBroad Green7.9% aged 65+ · 36.7% owned20,222FFairfield4.6% aged 65+ · 22.4% owned15,345SSouth 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.