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Electoral wardE05011484
South Croydon ward, London Borough of Croydon
South Croydon is one of 28 electoral wards of Croydon London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 18,064 residents in 7,755 households — 4,580 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Croydon South constituency.
Residents, 202118,064council ward average 13,954
Households7,7552.33 residents per household
Density4,580/ km²about 3.94 km² · London Borough of Croydon 4,518
Aged 65+11.0%London Borough of Croydon: 13.6% · under 16: 19.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.3% · 1,311
5–96.0% · 1,079
10–156.7% · 1,210
16–193.7% · 673
20–244.8% · 862
25–3419.2% · 3,476
35–4924.6% · 4,435
50–6416.8% · 3,029
65–746.2% · 1,126
75–843.5% · 625
85+1.3% · 238
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van34.4% · 2,669
1 car or van48.0% · 3,726
2 cars or vans13.7% · 1,066
3 or more3.8% · 295
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; London Borough of Croydon overall: 54.7% owned, 17.9% social rented, 25.8% private rented.
Owned outright19.8% · 1,536
With mortgage31.3% · 2,425
Shared ownership1.5% · 119
Social rented11.4% · 887
Private rented35.8% · 2,772
Lives rent free0.2% · 14
Type of home
Detached house13.3% · 1,031
Semi-detached house14.5% · 1,123
Terraced house14.6% · 1,133
Purpose-built flat34.9% · 2,703
Converted house19.9% · 1,547
Other conversion0.9% · 67
Above shop / office1.9% · 148
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011484- Constituency
- Croydon South
- Region
- London
- Density rank in council
- 17 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% owned9,715SSanderstead22.8% aged 65+ · 83.3% owned15,773
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.