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Electoral wardE05014119

West Dulwich ward, London Borough of Lambeth

West Dulwich is one of 25 electoral wards of Lambeth London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 11,384 residents in 4,701 households — 7,675 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Clapham and Brixton Hill and Dulwich and West Norwood constituencies.

Residents, 202111,384council ward average 12,706
Households4,7012.42 residents per household
Density7,675/ km²about 1.48 km² · London Borough of Lambeth 11,853
Aged 65+12.1%London Borough of Lambeth: 8.6% · under 16: 19.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.9% · 676
5–96.1% · 693
10–157.6% · 860
16–193.6% · 405
20–244.5% · 517
25–3417.9% · 2,042
35–4924.7% · 2,813
50–6417.6% · 2,006
65–747.2% · 825
75–843.5% · 402
85+1.3% · 147

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van42.1% · 1,980
1 car or van46.4% · 2,179
2 cars or vans9.4% · 442
3 or more2.1% · 100
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright19.1% · 899
With mortgage28.5% · 1,342
Shared ownership0.8% · 39
Social rented24.6% · 1,155
Private rented26.8% · 1,261
Lives rent free0.1% · 7

Type of home

Detached house3.3% · 155
Semi-detached house16.0% · 753
Terraced house25.2% · 1,187
Purpose-built flat28.5% · 1,342
Converted house24.4% · 1,149
Other conversion1.6% · 74
Above shop / office0.8% · 39
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014119
Region
London
Density rank in council
24 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% owned14,929BBrixton Windrush6.6% aged 65+ · 21.0% owned9,482CClapham Common & Abbeville7.7% aged 65+ · 45.0% owned10,017CClapham East7.1% aged 65+ · 24.7% owned9,845CClapham Park7.2% aged 65+ · 28.8% owned12,711CClapham Town8.4% aged 65+ · 34.8% owned15,904GGipsy Hill9.3% aged 65+ · 36.1% owned10,257HHerne Hill & Loughborough Junction8.0% aged 65+ · 38.2% owned16,156KKnight's Hill10.0% aged 65+ · 42.9% owned16,907SSt Martin's6.7% aged 65+ · 30.1% owned10,844SStockwell East7.8% aged 65+ · 28.3% owned10,745SStockwell West & Larkhall7.3% aged 65+ · 20.7% owned16,332

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.