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Electoral wardE05013732
Telegraph Hill ward, London Borough of Lewisham
Telegraph Hill is one of 19 electoral wards of Lewisham London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 16,915 residents in 6,762 households — 10,954 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Lewisham North constituency.
Residents, 202116,915council ward average 15,819
Households6,7622.5 residents per household
Density10,954/ km²about 1.54 km² · London Borough of Lewisham 8,556
Aged 65+7.9%London Borough of Lewisham: 9.5% · under 16: 17.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.6% · 955
5–95.6% · 954
10–156.6% · 1,115
16–193.8% · 648
20–247.5% · 1,268
25–3422.4% · 3,781
35–4923.0% · 3,890
50–6417.5% · 2,966
65–744.7% · 803
75–842.3% · 394
85+0.8% · 143
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van52.0% · 3,518
1 car or van39.0% · 2,635
2 cars or vans7.5% · 508
3 or more1.4% · 98
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; London Borough of Lewisham overall: 41.8% owned, 29.2% social rented, 27.2% private rented.
Owned outright11.6% · 784
With mortgage23.9% · 1,614
Shared ownership2.2% · 146
Social rented36.0% · 2,431
Private rented26.2% · 1,774
Lives rent free0.2% · 12
Type of home
Detached house1.3% · 90
Semi-detached house8.8% · 596
Terraced house21.8% · 1,473
Purpose-built flat38.6% · 2,608
Converted house28.3% · 1,915
Other conversion0.5% · 35
Above shop / office0.6% · 41
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013732- Constituency
- Lewisham North
- Region
- London
- Density rank in council
- 4 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% owned8,199NNew Cross Gate5.8% aged 65+ · 22.9% owned11,077
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.