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Electoral wardE05013920

Plaistow West & Canning Town East ward, London Borough of Newham

Plaistow West & Canning Town East is one of 24 electoral wards of Newham London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 16,696 residents in 5,817 households — 13,466 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the West Ham and Beckton constituency.

Residents, 202116,696council ward average 14,627
Households5,8172.87 residents per household
Density13,466/ km²about 1.24 km² · London Borough of Newham 9,700
Aged 65+7.8%London Borough of Newham: 7.2% · under 16: 21.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.6% · 1,102
5–96.9% · 1,151
10–157.9% · 1,316
16–195.4% · 900
20–247.7% · 1,278
25–3417.8% · 2,967
35–4923.5% · 3,929
50–6416.5% · 2,750
65–744.7% · 790
75–842.2% · 362
85+0.9% · 151

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van54.4% · 3,164
1 car or van36.2% · 2,106
2 cars or vans7.9% · 461
3 or more1.5% · 86
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright10.4% · 603
With mortgage14.6% · 849
Shared ownership1.7% · 97
Social rented36.9% · 2,144
Private rented36.2% · 2,103
Lives rent free0.4% · 21

Type of home

Detached house6.0% · 350
Semi-detached house10.9% · 633
Terraced house30.8% · 1,794
Purpose-built flat38.8% · 2,256
Converted house9.8% · 572
Other conversion1.5% · 90
Above shop / office2.0% · 118
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05013920
Region
London
Density rank in council
9 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% owned7,121CCustom House7.4% aged 65+ · 26.8% owned17,658GGreen Street West8.8% aged 65+ · 41.3% owned15,790PPlaistow North8.7% aged 65+ · 29.1% owned18,290PPlaistow South7.6% aged 65+ · 40.4% owned13,173RRoyal 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.