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Electoral wardE05013536

South Acton ward, London Borough of Ealing

South Acton is one of 24 electoral wards of Ealing London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 16,822 residents in 7,234 households — 12,804 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Ealing Central and Acton constituency.

Residents, 202116,822council ward average 15,296
Households7,2342.33 residents per household
Density12,804/ km²about 1.31 km² · London Borough of Ealing 6,610
Aged 65+9.5%London Borough of Ealing: 12.1% · under 16: 18.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.8% · 1,142
5–95.8% · 976
10–156.2% · 1,035
16–193.8% · 637
20–245.9% · 994
25–3421.7% · 3,653
35–4924.9% · 4,186
50–6415.4% · 2,597
65–745.1% · 859
75–843.1% · 516
85+1.3% · 225

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van54.7% · 3,958
1 car or van37.6% · 2,719
2 cars or vans6.6% · 480
3 or more1.1% · 77
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; London Borough of Ealing overall: 46.3% owned, 17.5% social rented, 34.0% private rented.

Owned outright11.4% · 828
With mortgage21.1% · 1,525
Shared ownership4.7% · 339
Social rented30.0% · 2,170
Private rented32.6% · 2,355
Lives rent free0.2% · 18

Type of home

Detached house1.5% · 106
Semi-detached house7.6% · 550
Terraced house8.7% · 631
Purpose-built flat59.2% · 4,283
Converted house19.5% · 1,408
Other conversion1.4% · 102
Above shop / office1.8% · 131
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 24
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.