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Electoral wardE05011483

Shirley South ward, London Borough of Croydon

Shirley South is one of 28 electoral wards of Croydon London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 10,623 residents in 3,833 households — 2,334 people per km², the 23rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Croydon East constituency.

Residents, 202110,623council ward average 13,954
Households3,8332.77 residents per household
Density2,334/ km²about 4.55 km² · London Borough of Croydon 4,518
Aged 65+19.7%London Borough of Croydon: 13.6% · under 16: 19.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.6% · 490
5–96.1% · 652
10–158.8% · 936
16–195.4% · 573
20–246.1% · 643
25–3410.1% · 1,076
35–4917.5% · 1,854
50–6421.7% · 2,304
65–7410.5% · 1,113
75–846.4% · 679
85+2.8% · 299

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van20.6% · 789
1 car or van40.4% · 1,548
2 cars or vans27.6% · 1,057
3 or more11.5% · 439
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright38.8% · 1,487
With mortgage32.1% · 1,229
Shared ownership0.2% · 8
Social rented20.3% · 779
Private rented8.4% · 321
Lives rent free0.3% · 10

Type of home

Detached house15.9% · 611
Semi-detached house52.6% · 2,017
Terraced house8.1% · 311
Purpose-built flat21.2% · 813
Converted house0.7% · 27
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office1.4% · 54
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05011483
Constituency
Croydon East
Region
London
Density rank in council
23 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% owned9,928SSelsdon Vale & Forestdale20.5% aged 65+ · 76.7% owned10,012SShirley North19.4% aged 65+ · 71.3% owned15,402WWoodside9.4% 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.