Electoral wardE05013730

Rushey Green ward, London Borough of Lewisham

Rushey Green is one of 19 electoral wards of Lewisham London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 19,019 residents in 7,825 households — 9,512 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Lewisham East constituency.

Residents, 202119,019council ward average 15,819

Households7,8252.43 residents per household

Density9,512/ km²about 2.00 km² · London Borough of Lewisham 8,556

Aged 65+9.1%London Borough of Lewisham: 9.5% · under 16: 19.8%

Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.5% · 1,423

5–95.8% · 1,104

10–156.5% · 1,239

16–193.6% · 681

20–245.2% · 980

25–3420.0% · 3,797

35–4925.5% · 4,849

50–6416.9% · 3,222

65–744.9% · 931

75–842.8% · 530

85+1.4% · 263

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van53.9% · 4,217

1 car or van37.7% · 2,947

2 cars or vans6.6% · 518

3 or more1.8% · 143

Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright14.1% · 1,100

With mortgage27.1% · 2,119

Shared ownership1.4% · 108

Social rented24.6% · 1,923

Private rented32.8% · 2,568

Lives rent free0.1% · 7

Type of home

Detached house3.0% · 237

Semi-detached house11.8% · 925

Terraced house22.6% · 1,771

Purpose-built flat30.0% · 2,349

Converted house29.2% · 2,287

Other conversion1.1% · 84

Above shop / office2.1% · 163

Caravan, mobile0.1% · 9

Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS): E05013730
Council: Lewisham London Borough Council
Constituency: Lewisham East
Region: London
Density rank in council: 7 of 19

Council offices in this ward

CLewisham Housing OptionsCouncil office · SE6 4RU CLewisham CouncilCouncil office · SE6 4RU CLaurence HouseCouncil office · SE6 4RU

Other wards in the same constituency

BBellingham9.0% aged 65+ · 29.6% owned11,661 CCatford South13.3% aged 65+ · 60.6% owned17,258 DDownham10.5% aged 65+ · 43.2% owned18,360 GGrove Park13.1% aged 65+ · 50.8% owned15,733 HHither Green9.5% aged 65+ · 45.2% owned20,148 LLee Green11.2% aged 65+ · 53.6% owned15,016

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.