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Electoral wardE05013908

Custom House ward, London Borough of Newham

Custom House is one of 24 electoral wards of Newham London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 17,658 residents in 6,205 households — 11,379 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the West Ham and Beckton constituency.

Residents, 202117,658council ward average 14,627
Households6,2052.85 residents per household
Density11,379/ km²about 1.55 km² · London Borough of Newham 9,700
Aged 65+7.4%London Borough of Newham: 7.2% · under 16: 21.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.4% · 1,123
5–96.6% · 1,161
10–158.4% · 1,488
16–195.1% · 908
20–247.6% · 1,343
25–3418.9% · 3,332
35–4923.1% · 4,074
50–6416.5% · 2,915
65–744.7% · 822
75–842.0% · 358
85+0.8% · 134

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van46.2% · 2,866
1 car or van42.5% · 2,636
2 cars or vans9.7% · 600
3 or more1.7% · 103
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; London Borough of Newham overall: 30.8% owned, 28.0% social rented, 38.5% private rented.

Owned outright8.4% · 522
With mortgage18.4% · 1,142
Shared ownership3.3% · 205
Social rented42.8% · 2,658
Private rented26.7% · 1,659
Lives rent free0.3% · 20

Type of home

Detached house6.8% · 420
Semi-detached house15.2% · 941
Terraced house29.3% · 1,817
Purpose-built flat44.2% · 2,740
Converted house3.9% · 243
Other conversion0.2% · 11
Above shop / office0.5% · 29
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05013908
Region
London
Density rank in council
14 of 24

Other wards in the same constituency

BBeckton8.1% aged 65+ · 28.8% owned16,152CCanning Town North7.2% aged 65+ · 21.4% owned10,573CCanning Town South5.9% aged 65+ · 19.9% owned7,121GGreen Street West8.8% aged 65+ · 41.3% owned15,790PPlaistow North8.7% aged 65+ · 29.1% owned18,290PPlaistow South7.6% aged 65+ · 40.4% owned13,173PPlaistow West & Canning Town East7.8% aged 65+ · 25.0% owned16,696RRoyal Albert4.8% aged 65+ · 22.1% owned9,306RRoyal Victoria1.9% aged 65+ · 23.1% owned14,538WWest Ham8.4% aged 65+ · 29.0% owned15,700

All 24 wards of London Borough of Newham

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.