Electoral wardE05014108
Oval ward, London Borough of Lambeth
Oval is one of 25 electoral wards of Lambeth London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 12,441 residents in 5,529 households — 15,734 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Vauxhall and Camberwell Green constituency.
Residents, 202112,441council ward average 12,706
Households5,5292.25 residents per household
Density15,734/ km²about 0.79 km² · London Borough of Lambeth 11,853
Aged 65+10.0%London Borough of Lambeth: 8.6% · under 16: 11.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.8% · 468
5–93.3% · 416
10–154.3% · 540
16–194.0% · 498
20–2410.3% · 1,276
25–3429.3% · 3,647
35–4919.5% · 2,423
50–6415.6% · 1,935
65–745.5% · 686
75–843.1% · 385
85+1.4% · 169
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van68.5% · 3,787
1 car or van27.0% · 1,491
2 cars or vans3.8% · 212
3 or more0.7% · 39
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% · 609
With mortgage14.8% · 818
Shared ownership0.6% · 31
Social rented35.5% · 1,961
Private rented37.9% · 2,095
Lives rent free0.3% · 15
Type of home
Detached house1.0% · 55
Semi-detached house2.2% · 119
Terraced house12.7% · 702
Purpose-built flat56.4% · 3,120
Converted house24.1% · 1,334
Other conversion2.2% · 122
Above shop / office1.4% · 75
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014108- Constituency
- Vauxhall and Camberwell Green
- Region
- London
- Density rank in council
- 4 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.