Electoral wardE05013731
Sydenham ward, London Borough of Lewisham
Sydenham is one of 19 electoral wards of Lewisham London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 16,975 residents in 7,119 households — 9,241 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Lewisham West and East Dulwich constituency.
Residents, 202116,975council ward average 15,819
Households7,1192.38 residents per household
Density9,241/ km²about 1.84 km² · London Borough of Lewisham 8,556
Aged 65+12.4%London Borough of Lewisham: 9.5% · under 16: 20.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.6% · 1,123
5–96.3% · 1,067
10–157.4% · 1,248
16–193.7% · 631
20–244.7% · 791
25–3416.1% · 2,734
35–4924.8% · 4,213
50–6418.0% · 3,053
65–746.9% · 1,165
75–843.9% · 654
85+1.7% · 293
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van44.6% · 3,176
1 car or van44.1% · 3,138
2 cars or vans9.3% · 665
3 or more2.0% · 142
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; London Borough of Lewisham overall: 41.8% owned, 29.2% social rented, 27.2% private rented.
Owned outright17.0% · 1,211
With mortgage26.2% · 1,864
Shared ownership0.7% · 52
Social rented34.0% · 2,420
Private rented21.9% · 1,558
Lives rent free0.2% · 13
Type of home
Detached house3.0% · 214
Semi-detached house10.1% · 722
Terraced house24.5% · 1,745
Purpose-built flat39.6% · 2,817
Converted house19.7% · 1,402
Other conversion1.2% · 84
Above shop / office1.7% · 121
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 12
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013731- Constituency
- Lewisham West and East Dulwich
- Region
- London
- Density rank in council
- 10 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.