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Electoral wardE05011488
West Thornton ward, London Borough of Croydon
West Thornton is one of 28 electoral wards of Croydon London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 18,764 residents in 6,493 households — 9,519 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Croydon West constituency.
Residents, 202118,764council ward average 13,954
Households6,4932.89 residents per household
Density9,519/ km²about 1.97 km² · London Borough of Croydon 4,518
Aged 65+10.3%London Borough of Croydon: 13.6% · under 16: 23.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.2% · 1,356
5–97.2% · 1,342
10–158.6% · 1,617
16–194.8% · 908
20–246.7% · 1,266
25–3415.2% · 2,861
35–4921.2% · 3,979
50–6418.6% · 3,499
65–745.8% · 1,079
75–843.3% · 616
85+1.3% · 241
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van39.7% · 2,577
1 car or van41.8% · 2,712
2 cars or vans14.7% · 957
3 or more3.8% · 247
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; London Borough of Croydon overall: 54.7% owned, 17.9% social rented, 25.8% private rented.
Owned outright21.5% · 1,394
With mortgage24.0% · 1,555
Shared ownership1.5% · 98
Social rented20.0% · 1,296
Private rented32.6% · 2,117
Lives rent free0.5% · 32
Type of home
Detached house6.8% · 444
Semi-detached house18.7% · 1,214
Terraced house38.7% · 2,512
Purpose-built flat22.4% · 1,457
Converted house9.4% · 611
Other conversion0.9% · 59
Above shop / office2.7% · 174
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 22
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011488- Constituency
- Croydon West
- Region
- London
- Density rank in council
- 7 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% owned13,184SSouth Norwood10.9% aged 65+ · 41.8% owned16,447WWaddon10.2% aged 65+ · 44.6% owned18,684WWoodside9.4% 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.