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Woodside ward, London Borough of Croydon

Woodside is one of 28 electoral wards of Croydon London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 16,870 residents in 6,842 households — 7,845 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Croydon East and Croydon West constituencies.

Residents, 202116,870council ward average 13,954
Households6,8422.47 residents per household
Density7,845/ km²about 2.15 km² · London Borough of Croydon 4,518
Aged 65+9.4%London Borough of Croydon: 13.6% · under 16: 20.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.5% · 1,102
5–96.1% · 1,035
10–157.6% · 1,280
16–195.0% · 851
20–245.7% · 954
25–3416.2% · 2,739
35–4922.9% · 3,872
50–6420.5% · 3,455
65–745.8% · 977
75–842.7% · 452
85+0.9% · 158

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van37.4% · 2,562
1 car or van45.6% · 3,123
2 cars or vans14.0% · 960
3 or more2.9% · 197
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright18.0% · 1,229
With mortgage32.6% · 2,228
Shared ownership1.7% · 113
Social rented20.8% · 1,424
Private rented26.9% · 1,841
Lives rent free0.1% · 8

Type of home

Detached house3.3% · 226
Semi-detached house16.7% · 1,143
Terraced house44.3% · 3,029
Purpose-built flat23.9% · 1,638
Converted house9.5% · 649
Other conversion0.9% · 59
Above shop / office1.4% · 93
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 3
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.