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Colham & Cowley ward, London Borough of Hillingdon

Colham & Cowley is one of 21 electoral wards of Hillingdon London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 19,135 residents in 6,628 households — 4,158 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Uxbridge and South Ruislip constituency.

Residents, 202119,135council ward average 14,567
Households6,6282.89 residents per household
Density4,158/ km²about 4.60 km² · London Borough of Hillingdon 2,644
Aged 65+11.6%London Borough of Hillingdon: 13.5% · under 16: 18.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.9% · 1,125
5–95.7% · 1,094
10–157.2% · 1,370
16–199.2% · 1,756
20–2410.0% · 1,915
25–3414.9% · 2,852
35–4919.7% · 3,764
50–6415.9% · 3,049
65–746.1% · 1,161
75–843.8% · 736
85+1.7% · 317

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van25.5% · 1,687
1 car or van42.9% · 2,841
2 cars or vans24.0% · 1,593
3 or more7.6% · 507
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; London Borough of Hillingdon overall: 56.6% owned, 16.1% social rented, 25.9% private rented.

Owned outright22.5% · 1,493
With mortgage28.2% · 1,870
Shared ownership1.5% · 97
Social rented20.7% · 1,369
Private rented27.0% · 1,787
Lives rent free0.2% · 12

Type of home

Detached house12.9% · 852
Semi-detached house34.6% · 2,293
Terraced house18.1% · 1,199
Purpose-built flat29.5% · 1,957
Converted house3.3% · 221
Other conversion0.3% · 20
Above shop / office0.9% · 58
Caravan, mobile0.4% · 28
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.