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Rainham & Wennington ward, London Borough of Havering

Rainham & Wennington is one of 20 electoral wards of Havering London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 13,567 residents in 5,119 households — 815 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Dagenham and Rainham constituency.

Residents, 202113,567council ward average 13,103
Households5,1192.65 residents per household
Density815/ km²about 16.65 km² · London Borough of Havering 2,333
Aged 65+17.5%London Borough of Havering: 17.6% · under 16: 20.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.2% · 845
5–96.7% · 911
10–157.4% · 1,001
16–194.4% · 592
20–245.5% · 742
25–3414.4% · 1,960
35–4919.1% · 2,585
50–6418.9% · 2,563
65–748.8% · 1,188
75–846.2% · 843
85+2.5% · 337

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van20.7% · 1,062
1 car or van42.6% · 2,181
2 cars or vans25.6% · 1,308
3 or more11.1% · 568
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright37.4% · 1,912
With mortgage35.1% · 1,794
Shared ownership0.6% · 33
Social rented9.4% · 479
Private rented17.5% · 896
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house17.8% · 912
Semi-detached house39.1% · 2,004
Terraced house27.8% · 1,426
Purpose-built flat12.7% · 652
Converted house0.9% · 48
Other conversion0.4% · 18
Above shop / office1.1% · 54
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 8
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.