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Electoral wardE05013728

New Cross Gate ward, London Borough of Lewisham

New Cross Gate is one of 19 electoral wards of Lewisham London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 11,077 residents in 4,232 households — 10,145 people per km², the 18th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Lewisham North constituency.

Residents, 202111,077council ward average 15,819
Households4,2322.62 residents per household
Density10,145/ km²about 1.09 km² · London Borough of Lewisham 8,556
Aged 65+5.8%London Borough of Lewisham: 9.5% · under 16: 19.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.9% · 652
5–96.4% · 709
10–157.1% · 782
16–195.4% · 593
20–249.5% · 1,053
25–3421.8% · 2,419
35–4922.6% · 2,508
50–6415.5% · 1,717
65–743.5% · 384
75–841.7% · 185
85+0.7% · 76

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van57.4% · 2,430
1 car or van34.8% · 1,471
2 cars or vans6.4% · 271
3 or more1.4% · 60
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; London Borough of Lewisham overall: 41.8% owned, 29.2% social rented, 27.2% private rented.

Owned outright7.0% · 296
With mortgage15.9% · 674
Shared ownership4.7% · 201
Social rented41.5% · 1,756
Private rented30.6% · 1,296
Lives rent free0.2% · 9

Type of home

Detached house2.3% · 96
Semi-detached house7.3% · 308
Terraced house24.0% · 1,016
Purpose-built flat55.9% · 2,365
Converted house8.2% · 345
Other conversion1.5% · 65
Above shop / office0.7% · 31
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05013728
Constituency
Lewisham North
Region
London
Density rank in council
6 of 19

Other wards in the same constituency

BBlackheath11.0% aged 65+ · 39.0% owned16,429BBrockley6.6% 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% owned8,199TTelegraph Hill7.9% aged 65+ · 35.5% owned16,915

All 19 wards of London Borough of Lewisham

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.