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Electoral wardE05013924

Stratford ward, London Borough of Newham

Stratford is one of 24 electoral wards of Newham London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 15,742 residents in 6,805 households — 8,066 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Stratford and Bow constituency.

Residents, 202115,742council ward average 14,627
Households6,8052.31 residents per household
Density8,066/ km²about 1.95 km² · London Borough of Newham 9,700
Aged 65+4.3%London Borough of Newham: 7.2% · under 16: 13.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.3% · 834
5–94.3% · 678
10–154.3% · 682
16–193.3% · 518
20–2411.6% · 1,824
25–3433.9% · 5,344
35–4922.6% · 3,558
50–6410.3% · 1,628
65–742.6% · 414
75–841.3% · 212
85+0.3% · 50

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van70.2% · 4,777
1 car or van26.4% · 1,797
2 cars or vans2.9% · 197
3 or more0.5% · 34
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright6.3% · 431
With mortgage14.4% · 982
Shared ownership5.3% · 361
Social rented26.9% · 1,829
Private rented46.5% · 3,164
Lives rent free0.6% · 38

Type of home

Detached house1.5% · 100
Semi-detached house3.7% · 254
Terraced house13.7% · 931
Purpose-built flat76.3% · 5,189
Converted house1.9% · 132
Other conversion0.6% · 44
Above shop / office1.1% · 74
Caravan, mobile1.2% · 81
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.