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Electoral wardE05011481

Selsdon Vale & Forestdale ward, London Borough of Croydon

Selsdon Vale & Forestdale is one of 28 electoral wards of Croydon London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 10,012 residents in 4,250 households — 2,039 people per km², the 25th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Croydon East constituency.

Residents, 202110,012council ward average 13,954
Households4,2502.36 residents per household
Density2,039/ km²about 4.91 km² · London Borough of Croydon 4,518
Aged 65+20.5%London Borough of Croydon: 13.6% · under 16: 19.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.0% · 597
5–96.5% · 652
10–156.7% · 670
16–193.6% · 358
20–244.7% · 475
25–3412.1% · 1,212
35–4920.3% · 2,031
50–6419.7% · 1,969
65–7412.3% · 1,232
75–845.8% · 584
85+2.3% · 232

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van17.5% · 742
1 car or van48.5% · 2,061
2 cars or vans25.8% · 1,095
3 or more8.3% · 352
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright37.9% · 1,612
With mortgage38.8% · 1,649
Shared ownership0.8% · 33
Social rented6.0% · 255
Private rented16.4% · 698
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house14.9% · 632
Semi-detached house25.2% · 1,073
Terraced house33.4% · 1,418
Purpose-built flat25.5% · 1,084
Converted house0.4% · 15
Other conversion0.2% · 8
Above shop / office0.5% · 20
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05011481
Constituency
Croydon East
Region
London
Density rank in council
26 of 28

Other wards in the same constituency

AAddiscombe East15.3% aged 65+ · 62.2% owned11,464AAddiscombe West10.1% aged 65+ · 42.2% owned16,208NNew Addington North10.0% aged 65+ · 28.9% owned10,936NNew Addington South13.6% aged 65+ · 49.1% owned11,328SSelsdon & Addington Village20.6% aged 65+ · 76.9% owned9,928SShirley North19.4% aged 65+ · 71.3% owned15,402SShirley South19.7% aged 65+ · 70.8% owned10,623WWoodside9.4% aged 65+ · 50.5% owned16,870

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.