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Wimbledon Park ward, London Borough of Merton

Wimbledon Park is one of 20 electoral wards of Merton London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 11,071 residents in 4,221 households — 5,493 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Wimbledon constituency.

Residents, 202111,071council ward average 10,759
Households4,2212.62 residents per household
Density5,493/ km²about 2.02 km² · London Borough of Merton 5,717
Aged 65+9.9%London Borough of Merton: 12.6% · under 16: 22.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.6% · 844
5–97.0% · 774
10–157.7% · 857
16–193.6% · 400
20–245.0% · 550
25–3417.5% · 1,941
35–4925.2% · 2,787
50–6416.5% · 1,825
65–746.1% · 670
75–842.9% · 324
85+0.9% · 99

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van31.8% · 1,341
1 car or van51.1% · 2,157
2 cars or vans14.4% · 609
3 or more2.7% · 113
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright24.7% · 1,044
With mortgage33.4% · 1,409
Shared ownership1.6% · 66
Social rented10.4% · 438
Private rented29.9% · 1,261
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house4.9% · 205
Semi-detached house15.3% · 646
Terraced house36.8% · 1,554
Purpose-built flat30.0% · 1,266
Converted house10.2% · 429
Other conversion0.8% · 35
Above shop / office1.7% · 73
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 10
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.