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Electoral wardE05013717
Catford South ward, London Borough of Lewisham
Catford South is one of 19 electoral wards of Lewisham London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 17,258 residents in 6,264 households — 7,271 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Lewisham East constituency.
Residents, 202117,258council ward average 15,819
Households6,2642.76 residents per household
Density7,271/ km²about 2.37 km² · London Borough of Lewisham 8,556
Aged 65+13.3%London Borough of Lewisham: 9.5% · under 16: 20.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.3% · 1,083
5–96.6% · 1,144
10–157.4% · 1,273
16–195.0% · 858
20–246.4% · 1,100
25–3414.0% · 2,420
35–4920.8% · 3,585
50–6420.3% · 3,506
65–747.2% · 1,239
75–844.3% · 750
85+1.7% · 301
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van32.4% · 2,027
1 car or van45.9% · 2,873
2 cars or vans16.5% · 1,035
3 or more5.2% · 328
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; London Borough of Lewisham overall: 41.8% owned, 29.2% social rented, 27.2% private rented.
Owned outright25.6% · 1,602
With mortgage35.0% · 2,194
Shared ownership1.1% · 70
Social rented17.6% · 1,105
Private rented20.6% · 1,289
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house3.8% · 235
Semi-detached house33.5% · 2,100
Terraced house30.7% · 1,926
Purpose-built flat19.1% · 1,198
Converted house11.9% · 747
Other conversion0.4% · 26
Above shop / office0.5% · 30
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013717- Constituency
- Lewisham East
- Region
- London
- Density rank in council
- 15 of 19
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.