Electoral wardE05011487
Waddon ward, London Borough of Croydon
Waddon is one of 28 electoral wards of Croydon London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 18,684 residents in 7,356 households — 4,767 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Croydon West constituency.
Residents, 202118,684council ward average 13,954
Households7,3562.54 residents per household
Density4,767/ km²about 3.92 km² · London Borough of Croydon 4,518
Aged 65+10.2%London Borough of Croydon: 13.6% · under 16: 22.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.9% · 1,281
5–97.2% · 1,340
10–158.5% · 1,594
16–194.8% · 893
20–245.5% · 1,031
25–3416.4% · 3,072
35–4923.5% · 4,395
50–6416.9% · 3,166
65–745.3% · 993
75–843.3% · 609
85+1.7% · 310
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van39.2% · 2,887
1 car or van44.4% · 3,265
2 cars or vans12.7% · 935
3 or more3.7% · 269
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; London Borough of Croydon overall: 54.7% owned, 17.9% social rented, 25.8% private rented.
Owned outright16.6% · 1,220
With mortgage28.0% · 2,061
Shared ownership1.8% · 133
Social rented25.3% · 1,859
Private rented28.1% · 2,065
Lives rent free0.2% · 17
Type of home
Detached house4.6% · 339
Semi-detached house23.7% · 1,744
Terraced house21.3% · 1,566
Purpose-built flat42.2% · 3,105
Converted house6.9% · 504
Other conversion0.5% · 37
Above shop / office0.7% · 54
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 7
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011487- Constituency
- Croydon West
- Region
- London
- Density rank in council
- 16 of 28
Council offices in this ward
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% owned13,184SSouth Norwood10.9% aged 65+ · 41.8% owned16,447WWest Thornton10.3% aged 65+ · 45.4% owned18,764WWoodside9.4% aged 65+ · 50.5% owned16,870
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.