Electoral wardE05014105
Kennington ward, London Borough of Lambeth
Kennington is one of 25 electoral wards of Lambeth London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 14,603 residents in 6,499 households — 14,280 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Vauxhall and Camberwell Green constituency.
Residents, 202114,603council ward average 12,706
Households6,4992.25 residents per household
Density14,280/ km²about 1.02 km² · London Borough of Lambeth 11,853
Aged 65+10.3%London Borough of Lambeth: 8.6% · under 16: 15.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.6% · 673
5–94.7% · 690
10–156.4% · 935
16–193.8% · 561
20–248.2% · 1,192
25–3422.3% · 3,261
35–4921.0% · 3,071
50–6418.6% · 2,721
65–746.1% · 895
75–843.1% · 454
85+1.0% · 151
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van67.1% · 4,363
1 car or van28.5% · 1,849
2 cars or vans3.6% · 235
3 or more0.8% · 52
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; London Borough of Lambeth overall: 33.0% owned, 33.6% social rented, 31.4% private rented.
Owned outright11.0% · 718
With mortgage15.2% · 991
Shared ownership2.3% · 152
Social rented48.0% · 3,120
Private rented23.2% · 1,507
Lives rent free0.2% · 11
Type of home
Detached house0.7% · 43
Semi-detached house1.7% · 111
Terraced house12.4% · 805
Purpose-built flat73.4% · 4,771
Converted house6.8% · 442
Other conversion3.9% · 256
Above shop / office0.9% · 61
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 7
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014105- Constituency
- Vauxhall and Camberwell Green
- Region
- London
- Density rank in council
- 9 of 25
Other wards in the same constituency
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.