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Electoral wardE05013563

West Harrow ward, London Borough of Harrow

West Harrow is one of 22 electoral wards of Harrow London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 10,363 residents in 3,584 households — 8,805 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Harrow West constituency.

Residents, 202110,363council ward average 11,873
Households3,5842.89 residents per household
Density8,805/ km²about 1.18 km² · London Borough of Harrow 5,176
Aged 65+11.3%London Borough of Harrow: 15.4% · under 16: 19.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.7% · 589
5–96.0% · 623
10–157.7% · 794
16–194.7% · 488
20–246.5% · 676
25–3415.9% · 1,648
35–4923.9% · 2,474
50–6418.3% · 1,900
65–746.4% · 667
75–843.5% · 365
85+1.3% · 139

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van29.9% · 1,072
1 car or van45.6% · 1,633
2 cars or vans18.0% · 644
3 or more6.6% · 235
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; London Borough of Harrow overall: 58.8% owned, 10.4% social rented, 29.6% private rented.

Owned outright24.8% · 890
With mortgage27.6% · 990
Shared ownership2.5% · 91
Social rented12.9% · 464
Private rented31.8% · 1,141
Lives rent free0.2% · 8

Type of home

Detached house3.8% · 137
Semi-detached house31.5% · 1,128
Terraced house28.3% · 1,016
Purpose-built flat24.5% · 879
Converted house10.9% · 389
Other conversion0.3% · 9
Above shop / office0.6% · 22
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
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.