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Electoral wardE05014102

Clapham Town ward, London Borough of Lambeth

Clapham Town is one of 25 electoral wards of Lambeth London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 15,904 residents in 7,106 households — 12,762 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Clapham and Brixton Hill constituency.

Residents, 202115,904council ward average 12,706
Households7,1062.24 residents per household
Density12,762/ km²about 1.25 km² · London Borough of Lambeth 11,853
Aged 65+8.4%London Borough of Lambeth: 8.6% · under 16: 12.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.8% · 608
5–93.9% · 626
10–154.2% · 671
16–192.3% · 368
20–2410.6% · 1,681
25–3432.1% · 5,111
35–4920.1% · 3,197
50–6414.5% · 2,307
65–744.9% · 774
75–842.6% · 420
85+0.9% · 142

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van58.7% · 4,173
1 car or van33.6% · 2,386
2 cars or vans6.4% · 455
3 or more1.3% · 92
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; London Borough of Lambeth overall: 33.0% owned, 33.6% social rented, 31.4% private rented.

Owned outright14.0% · 994
With mortgage20.8% · 1,475
Shared ownership1.6% · 115
Social rented26.9% · 1,908
Private rented36.7% · 2,604
Lives rent free0.1% · 7

Type of home

Detached house1.6% · 111
Semi-detached house5.8% · 411
Terraced house16.3% · 1,157
Purpose-built flat47.9% · 3,404
Converted house24.4% · 1,735
Other conversion2.6% · 188
Above shop / office1.4% · 98
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014102
Region
London
Density rank in council
13 of 25

Other wards in the same constituency

BBrixton Acre Lane7.5% aged 65+ · 31.8% owned15,251BBrixton North7.5% aged 65+ · 19.6% owned16,324BBrixton Rush Common7.4% aged 65+ · 32.8% owned14,929CClapham Common & Abbeville7.7% aged 65+ · 45.0% owned10,017CClapham East7.1% aged 65+ · 24.7% owned9,845CClapham Park7.2% aged 65+ · 28.8% owned12,711SSt Martin's6.7% aged 65+ · 30.1% owned10,844SStockwell East7.8% aged 65+ · 28.3% owned10,745SStockwell West & Larkhall7.3% aged 65+ · 20.7% owned16,332SStreatham Hill West & Thornton7.9% aged 65+ · 47.1% owned10,889WWest Dulwich12.1% aged 65+ · 47.7% owned11,384

All 25 wards of London Borough of Lambeth

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.