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Heaton ward, London Borough of Havering

Heaton is one of 20 electoral wards of Havering London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 17,211 residents in 6,472 households — 5,322 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hornchurch and Upminster constituency.

Residents, 202117,211council ward average 13,103
Households6,4722.66 residents per household
Density5,322/ km²about 3.23 km² · London Borough of Havering 2,333
Aged 65+12.5%London Borough of Havering: 17.6% · under 16: 24.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.3% · 1,259
5–98.1% · 1,391
10–159.4% · 1,619
16–195.0% · 860
20–245.4% · 931
25–3414.0% · 2,403
35–4921.1% · 3,632
50–6417.2% · 2,959
65–747.2% · 1,246
75–843.7% · 643
85+1.5% · 266

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van29.7% · 1,923
1 car or van44.0% · 2,846
2 cars or vans19.9% · 1,288
3 or more6.5% · 418
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright18.5% · 1,195
With mortgage29.9% · 1,934
Shared ownership0.6% · 36
Social rented37.6% · 2,431
Private rented13.2% · 855
Lives rent free0.4% · 23

Type of home

Detached house5.0% · 323
Semi-detached house30.2% · 1,955
Terraced house36.6% · 2,366
Purpose-built flat25.4% · 1,642
Converted house1.1% · 68
Other conversion0.1% · 6
Above shop / office0.7% · 46
Caravan, mobile1.0% · 66
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.