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Electoral wardE05013722
Forest Hill ward, London Borough of Lewisham
Forest Hill is one of 19 electoral wards of Lewisham London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 15,173 residents in 6,409 households — 8,283 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Lewisham West and East Dulwich constituency.
Residents, 202115,173council ward average 15,819
Households6,4092.37 residents per household
Density8,283/ km²about 1.83 km² · London Borough of Lewisham 8,556
Aged 65+10.0%London Borough of Lewisham: 9.5% · under 16: 20.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.3% · 961
5–96.2% · 941
10–157.5% · 1,133
16–193.5% · 529
20–244.5% · 684
25–3419.6% · 2,980
35–4925.0% · 3,795
50–6417.3% · 2,629
65–745.8% · 874
75–843.1% · 464
85+1.2% · 185
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van44.7% · 2,862
1 car or van44.3% · 2,842
2 cars or vans8.9% · 570
3 or more2.1% · 135
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; London Borough of Lewisham overall: 41.8% owned, 29.2% social rented, 27.2% private rented.
Owned outright18.2% · 1,168
With mortgage30.8% · 1,977
Shared ownership1.0% · 66
Social rented24.1% · 1,544
Private rented25.6% · 1,639
Lives rent free0.3% · 17
Type of home
Detached house5.7% · 364
Semi-detached house14.4% · 920
Terraced house15.3% · 978
Purpose-built flat44.4% · 2,844
Converted house17.0% · 1,087
Other conversion1.7% · 111
Above shop / office1.5% · 93
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 14
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013722- Constituency
- Lewisham West and East Dulwich
- Region
- London
- Density rank in council
- 13 of 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.