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Colliers Wood ward, London Borough of Merton

Colliers Wood is one of 20 electoral wards of Merton London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 11,561 residents in 4,760 households — 10,440 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Mitcham and Morden constituency.

Residents, 202111,561council ward average 10,759
Households4,7602.43 residents per household
Density10,440/ km²about 1.11 km² · London Borough of Merton 5,717
Aged 65+9.3%London Borough of Merton: 12.6% · under 16: 14.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.0% · 690
5–94.6% · 527
10–154.3% · 496
16–192.8% · 322
20–245.9% · 683
25–3427.5% · 3,175
35–4925.6% · 2,964
50–6414.0% · 1,624
65–745.3% · 617
75–842.8% · 323
85+1.2% · 138

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van47.7% · 2,270
1 car or van42.8% · 2,038
2 cars or vans8.0% · 382
3 or more1.5% · 70
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; London Borough of Merton overall: 55.6% owned, 14.2% social rented, 29.1% private rented.

Owned outright17.4% · 826
With mortgage25.1% · 1,194
Shared ownership3.9% · 188
Social rented12.4% · 592
Private rented41.2% · 1,960

Type of home

Detached house2.8% · 134
Semi-detached house13.8% · 658
Terraced house21.9% · 1,044
Purpose-built flat37.3% · 1,775
Converted house22.3% · 1,061
Other conversion0.8% · 40
Above shop / office0.9% · 43
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
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.