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Electoral wardE05013724
Hither Green ward, London Borough of Lewisham
Hither Green is one of 19 electoral wards of Lewisham London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 20,148 residents in 7,966 households — 9,354 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Lewisham East constituency.
Residents, 202120,148council ward average 15,819
Households7,9662.53 residents per household
Density9,354/ km²about 2.15 km² · London Borough of Lewisham 8,556
Aged 65+9.5%London Borough of Lewisham: 9.5% · under 16: 20.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.2% · 1,456
5–95.8% · 1,163
10–157.1% · 1,436
16–194.4% · 889
20–245.5% · 1,111
25–3417.2% · 3,474
35–4924.6% · 4,955
50–6418.6% · 3,743
65–745.2% · 1,047
75–843.1% · 630
85+1.2% · 245
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van43.3% · 3,450
1 car or van43.1% · 3,434
2 cars or vans10.9% · 866
3 or more2.7% · 215
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; London Borough of Lewisham overall: 41.8% owned, 29.2% social rented, 27.2% private rented.
Owned outright16.8% · 1,339
With mortgage28.4% · 2,261
Shared ownership1.3% · 104
Social rented24.5% · 1,951
Private rented28.9% · 2,305
Lives rent free0.1% · 5
Type of home
Detached house3.2% · 255
Semi-detached house11.4% · 905
Terraced house34.7% · 2,762
Purpose-built flat30.4% · 2,418
Converted house18.4% · 1,465
Other conversion0.7% · 56
Above shop / office1.1% · 88
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 15
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013724- Constituency
- Lewisham East
- Region
- London
- Density rank in council
- 9 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.