Electoral wardE05013715
Blackheath ward, London Borough of Lewisham
Blackheath is one of 19 electoral wards of Lewisham London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 16,429 residents in 7,385 households — 6,736 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Lewisham North constituency.
Residents, 202116,429council ward average 15,819
Households7,3852.22 residents per household
Density6,736/ km²about 2.44 km² · London Borough of Lewisham 8,556
Aged 65+11.0%London Borough of Lewisham: 9.5% · under 16: 17.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.7% · 937
5–95.6% · 915
10–155.8% · 957
16–193.3% · 547
20–245.5% · 900
25–3420.3% · 3,341
35–4924.8% · 4,082
50–6417.9% · 2,938
65–745.8% · 955
75–843.7% · 601
85+1.6% · 256
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van50.3% · 3,715
1 car or van40.6% · 2,997
2 cars or vans7.3% · 542
3 or more1.8% · 131
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; London Borough of Lewisham overall: 41.8% owned, 29.2% social rented, 27.2% private rented.
Owned outright16.6% · 1,224
With mortgage22.4% · 1,654
Shared ownership1.7% · 124
Social rented27.8% · 2,053
Private rented31.4% · 2,318
Lives rent free0.2% · 12
Type of home
Detached house4.0% · 297
Semi-detached house8.5% · 627
Terraced house15.9% · 1,172
Purpose-built flat50.8% · 3,755
Converted house18.0% · 1,332
Other conversion1.2% · 87
Above shop / office1.5% · 111
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013715- Constituency
- Lewisham North
- Region
- London
- Density rank in council
- 17 of 19
Other wards in the same constituency
BBrockley6.6% aged 65+ · 36.7% owned17,498DDeptford7.2% aged 65+ · 23.8% owned17,002EEvelyn5.4% aged 65+ · 23.2% owned14,435LLadywell9.9% aged 65+ · 47.0% owned15,576LLewisham Central4.5% aged 65+ · 25.2% owned8,199NNew Cross Gate5.8% aged 65+ · 22.9% owned11,077TTelegraph Hill7.9% aged 65+ · 35.5% owned16,915
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.