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Lavender Fields ward, London Borough of Merton

Lavender Fields is one of 20 electoral wards of Merton London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 11,369 residents in 4,298 households — 9,353 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Mitcham and Morden constituency.

Residents, 202111,369council ward average 10,759
Households4,2982.65 residents per household
Density9,353/ km²about 1.22 km² · London Borough of Merton 5,717
Aged 65+8.6%London Borough of Merton: 12.6% · under 16: 19.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.8% · 655
5–96.4% · 724
10–157.0% · 797
16–194.1% · 461
20–245.6% · 642
25–3419.5% · 2,214
35–4925.7% · 2,921
50–6417.4% · 1,973
65–745.3% · 598
75–842.5% · 288
85+0.9% · 97

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van37.8% · 1,624
1 car or van45.7% · 1,965
2 cars or vans12.9% · 554
3 or more3.6% · 155
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright16.8% · 722
With mortgage27.1% · 1,166
Shared ownership1.3% · 58
Social rented20.7% · 890
Private rented34.0% · 1,460
Lives rent free0.0% · 2

Type of home

Detached house4.4% · 188
Semi-detached house18.3% · 786
Terraced house35.6% · 1,529
Purpose-built flat36.5% · 1,570
Converted house4.7% · 204
Other conversion0.2% · 7
Above shop / office0.3% · 11
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
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.