Electoral wardE05013720
Downham ward, London Borough of Lewisham
Downham is one of 19 electoral wards of Lewisham London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 18,360 residents in 6,890 households — 6,870 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Lewisham East constituency.
Residents, 202118,360council ward average 15,819
Households6,8902.66 residents per household
Density6,870/ km²about 2.67 km² · London Borough of Lewisham 8,556
Aged 65+10.5%London Borough of Lewisham: 9.5% · under 16: 23.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.9% · 1,075
5–97.2% · 1,313
10–1510.0% · 1,830
16–195.6% · 1,032
20–245.9% · 1,087
25–3412.8% · 2,357
35–4922.9% · 4,207
50–6419.2% · 3,528
65–745.9% · 1,086
75–843.2% · 582
85+1.4% · 261
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van35.8% · 2,465
1 car or van45.8% · 3,157
2 cars or vans14.5% · 1,000
3 or more3.9% · 268
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; London Borough of Lewisham overall: 41.8% owned, 29.2% social rented, 27.2% private rented.
Owned outright16.2% · 1,117
With mortgage27.0% · 1,859
Shared ownership0.7% · 50
Social rented38.0% · 2,618
Private rented18.0% · 1,239
Lives rent free0.1% · 5
Type of home
Detached house4.2% · 290
Semi-detached house20.2% · 1,394
Terraced house55.4% · 3,815
Purpose-built flat16.8% · 1,159
Converted house2.0% · 137
Other conversion0.2% · 16
Above shop / office1.1% · 75
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013720- Constituency
- Lewisham East
- Region
- London
- Density rank in council
- 16 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.