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Shirley North ward, London Borough of Croydon

Shirley North is one of 28 electoral wards of Croydon London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 15,402 residents in 6,037 households — 4,954 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Croydon East constituency.

Residents, 202115,402council ward average 13,954
Households6,0372.55 residents per household
Density4,954/ km²about 3.11 km² · London Borough of Croydon 4,518
Aged 65+19.4%London Borough of Croydon: 13.6% · under 16: 18.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.3% · 814
5–95.6% · 866
10–157.7% · 1,189
16–194.6% · 707
20–245.6% · 859
25–3412.3% · 1,896
35–4918.1% · 2,783
50–6421.4% · 3,302
65–7410.0% · 1,547
75–846.7% · 1,039
85+2.6% · 400

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van21.0% · 1,269
1 car or van44.9% · 2,708
2 cars or vans25.3% · 1,527
3 or more8.8% · 533
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright36.2% · 2,184
With mortgage35.2% · 2,123
Shared ownership0.3% · 17
Social rented17.6% · 1,065
Private rented10.6% · 642
Lives rent free0.1% · 7

Type of home

Detached house16.8% · 1,016
Semi-detached house39.1% · 2,363
Terraced house24.6% · 1,483
Purpose-built flat17.0% · 1,026
Converted house1.5% · 89
Other conversion0.4% · 22
Above shop / office0.6% · 38
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.