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Electoral wardE05011485

South Norwood ward, London Borough of Croydon

South Norwood is one of 28 electoral wards of Croydon London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 16,447 residents in 7,093 households — 7,682 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Croydon West constituency.

Residents, 202116,447council ward average 13,954
Households7,0932.32 residents per household
Density7,682/ km²about 2.14 km² · London Borough of Croydon 4,518
Aged 65+10.9%London Borough of Croydon: 13.6% · under 16: 20.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.9% · 1,130
5–96.0% · 983
10–157.5% · 1,231
16–194.3% · 703
20–245.2% · 856
25–3416.9% · 2,773
35–4924.1% · 3,968
50–6418.3% · 3,018
65–745.9% · 964
75–843.4% · 558
85+1.6% · 263

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van46.3% · 3,282
1 car or van41.1% · 2,914
2 cars or vans10.0% · 710
3 or more2.6% · 187
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright14.9% · 1,057
With mortgage26.9% · 1,911
Shared ownership0.9% · 67
Social rented22.7% · 1,611
Private rented34.3% · 2,433
Lives rent free0.2% · 15

Type of home

Detached house2.7% · 188
Semi-detached house13.9% · 985
Terraced house21.5% · 1,525
Purpose-built flat38.9% · 2,758
Converted house20.2% · 1,433
Other conversion0.9% · 67
Above shop / office1.9% · 132
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05011485
Constituency
Croydon West
Region
London
Density rank in council
11 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% owned15,345SSelhurst9.4% aged 65+ · 33.9% owned13,184WWaddon10.2% aged 65+ · 44.6% owned18,684WWest Thornton10.3% aged 65+ · 45.4% owned18,764WWoodside9.4% 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.