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Harold Wood ward, London Borough of Havering

Harold Wood is one of 20 electoral wards of Havering London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 13,807 residents in 5,644 households — 1,521 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hornchurch and Upminster constituency.

Residents, 202113,807council ward average 13,103
Households5,6442.45 residents per household
Density1,521/ km²about 9.08 km² · London Borough of Havering 2,333
Aged 65+17.3%London Borough of Havering: 17.6% · under 16: 18.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.5% · 897
5–95.7% · 785
10–156.4% · 884
16–193.8% · 530
20–244.8% · 656
25–3416.9% · 2,327
35–4921.1% · 2,912
50–6417.5% · 2,422
65–749.1% · 1,252
75–845.5% · 762
85+2.8% · 380

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van18.1% · 1,022
1 car or van49.0% · 2,768
2 cars or vans24.9% · 1,408
3 or more7.9% · 446
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; London Borough of Havering overall: 69.5% owned, 13.6% social rented, 15.8% private rented.

Owned outright33.0% · 1,864
With mortgage37.9% · 2,140
Shared ownership2.2% · 124
Social rented8.9% · 505
Private rented17.8% · 1,006
Lives rent free0.1% · 4

Type of home

Detached house11.4% · 642
Semi-detached house43.0% · 2,426
Terraced house19.3% · 1,091
Purpose-built flat23.2% · 1,311
Converted house2.0% · 112
Other conversion0.5% · 29
Above shop / office0.5% · 27
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 6
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.