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Perry Vale ward, London Borough of Lewisham

Perry Vale is one of 19 electoral wards of Lewisham London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 18,657 residents in 7,627 households — 9,395 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Lewisham West and East Dulwich constituency.

Residents, 202118,657council ward average 15,819
Households7,6272.45 residents per household
Density9,395/ km²about 1.99 km² · London Borough of Lewisham 8,556
Aged 65+10.5%London Borough of Lewisham: 9.5% · under 16: 20.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.4% · 1,372
5–96.6% · 1,234
10–156.8% · 1,267
16–193.6% · 678
20–245.0% · 937
25–3417.3% · 3,230
35–4925.3% · 4,715
50–6417.5% · 3,265
65–746.0% · 1,115
75–843.1% · 583
85+1.4% · 260

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van40.8% · 3,108
1 car or van45.6% · 3,481
2 cars or vans10.9% · 830
3 or more2.7% · 207
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright19.4% · 1,479
With mortgage33.7% · 2,567
Shared ownership1.0% · 76
Social rented22.8% · 1,742
Private rented22.9% · 1,750
Lives rent free0.2% · 13

Type of home

Detached house3.2% · 241
Semi-detached house13.5% · 1,026
Terraced house31.8% · 2,424
Purpose-built flat28.9% · 2,202
Converted house21.3% · 1,626
Other conversion0.8% · 61
Above shop / office0.5% · 40
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 7
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.