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Electoral wardE05011486
Thornton Heath ward, London Borough of Croydon
Thornton Heath is one of 28 electoral wards of Croydon London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 18,002 residents in 7,042 households — 10,441 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Streatham and Croydon North constituency.
Residents, 202118,002council ward average 13,954
Households7,0422.56 residents per household
Density10,441/ km²about 1.72 km² · London Borough of Croydon 4,518
Aged 65+10.5%London Borough of Croydon: 13.6% · under 16: 20.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.4% · 1,160
5–96.4% · 1,145
10–157.7% · 1,394
16–195.4% · 981
20–246.1% · 1,092
25–3414.5% · 2,615
35–4922.3% · 4,018
50–6420.6% · 3,703
65–746.2% · 1,125
75–843.1% · 556
85+1.2% · 213
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van41.0% · 2,885
1 car or van43.5% · 3,062
2 cars or vans12.3% · 869
3 or more3.2% · 226
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; London Borough of Croydon overall: 54.7% owned, 17.9% social rented, 25.8% private rented.
Owned outright20.1% · 1,418
With mortgage30.6% · 2,152
Shared ownership1.2% · 83
Social rented18.5% · 1,306
Private rented29.3% · 2,061
Lives rent free0.3% · 21
Type of home
Detached house4.3% · 305
Semi-detached house18.8% · 1,321
Terraced house33.9% · 2,385
Purpose-built flat24.9% · 1,753
Converted house15.1% · 1,060
Other conversion0.8% · 57
Above shop / office1.9% · 137
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 23
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011486- Constituency
- Streatham and Croydon North
- Region
- London
- Density rank in council
- 4 of 28
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.