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South Hornchurch ward, London Borough of Havering

South Hornchurch is one of 20 electoral wards of Havering London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 10,885 residents in 3,989 households — 3,685 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Dagenham and Rainham constituency.

Residents, 202110,885council ward average 13,103
Households3,9892.73 residents per household
Density3,685/ km²about 2.95 km² · London Borough of Havering 2,333
Aged 65+15.8%London Borough of Havering: 17.6% · under 16: 21.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.3% · 684
5–96.7% · 730
10–158.0% · 870
16–194.9% · 534
20–246.2% · 677
25–3413.6% · 1,479
35–4919.3% · 2,105
50–6419.2% · 2,087
65–748.2% · 891
75–845.3% · 577
85+2.3% · 250

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van19.7% · 784
1 car or van44.3% · 1,768
2 cars or vans26.0% · 1,039
3 or more10.0% · 398
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright35.8% · 1,427
With mortgage37.4% · 1,490
Shared ownership0.7% · 26
Social rented11.9% · 475
Private rented14.2% · 565
Lives rent free0.1% · 4

Type of home

Detached house13.9% · 555
Semi-detached house29.8% · 1,187
Terraced house40.5% · 1,615
Purpose-built flat13.2% · 526
Converted house1.4% · 56
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.9% · 34
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 13
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.