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Streatham Hill West & Thornton ward, London Borough of Lambeth

Streatham Hill West & Thornton is one of 25 electoral wards of Lambeth London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 10,889 residents in 4,632 households — 11,891 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Clapham and Brixton Hill and Streatham and Croydon North constituencies.

Residents, 202110,889council ward average 12,706
Households4,6322.35 residents per household
Density11,891/ km²about 0.92 km² · London Borough of Lambeth 11,853
Aged 65+7.9%London Borough of Lambeth: 8.6% · under 16: 16.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.0% · 655
5–95.5% · 595
10–155.3% · 580
16–192.7% · 289
20–246.2% · 678
25–3428.4% · 3,094
35–4923.9% · 2,601
50–6414.1% · 1,535
65–744.5% · 495
75–842.6% · 281
85+0.8% · 86

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van46.4% · 2,151
1 car or van44.3% · 2,052
2 cars or vans7.7% · 356
3 or more1.6% · 73
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright15.4% · 711
With mortgage31.8% · 1,471
Shared ownership1.1% · 50
Social rented17.9% · 828
Private rented33.9% · 1,569
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house1.6% · 76
Semi-detached house9.4% · 434
Terraced house16.6% · 769
Purpose-built flat40.1% · 1,858
Converted house31.4% · 1,455
Other conversion0.5% · 23
Above shop / office0.4% · 19
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.