Electoral wardE05013822
Ravensbury ward, London Borough of Merton
Ravensbury is one of 20 electoral wards of Merton London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 9,480 residents in 3,434 households — 5,934 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Mitcham and Morden constituency.
Residents, 20219,480council ward average 10,759
Households3,4342.76 residents per household
Density5,934/ km²about 1.60 km² · London Borough of Merton 5,717
Aged 65+13.4%London Borough of Merton: 12.6% · under 16: 20.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.2% · 592
5–96.1% · 580
10–157.8% · 735
16–194.1% · 385
20–246.1% · 574
25–3414.8% · 1,403
35–4922.7% · 2,155
50–6418.9% · 1,788
65–746.8% · 649
75–844.6% · 434
85+2.0% · 185
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van30.3% · 1,042
1 car or van45.4% · 1,560
2 cars or vans18.5% · 636
3 or more5.7% · 196
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; London Borough of Merton overall: 55.6% owned, 14.2% social rented, 29.1% private rented.
Owned outright25.1% · 863
With mortgage30.5% · 1,047
Shared ownership0.6% · 20
Social rented22.8% · 782
Private rented21.0% · 720
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house7.3% · 252
Semi-detached house26.2% · 900
Terraced house35.7% · 1,225
Purpose-built flat24.9% · 855
Converted house4.7% · 161
Other conversion0.7% · 23
Above shop / office0.5% · 17
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013822- Constituency
- Mitcham and Morden
- Region
- London
- Density rank in council
- 12 of 20
Other wards in the same constituency
CCannon Hill16.5% aged 65+ · 74.1% owned9,791CColliers Wood9.3% aged 65+ · 42.4% owned11,561CCricket Green11.1% aged 65+ · 37.7% owned11,716FFigge's Marsh10.8% aged 65+ · 42.9% owned11,809GGraveney11.6% aged 65+ · 55.8% owned11,835LLavender Fields8.6% aged 65+ · 43.9% owned11,369LLongthornton12.1% aged 65+ · 62.2% owned11,903LLower Morden17.1% aged 65+ · 77.8% owned11,341PPollards Hill10.9% aged 65+ · 53.8% owned11,646SSt Helier10.3% aged 65+ · 43.6% owned11,311
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.