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Ilford Town ward, London Borough of Redbridge

Ilford Town is one of 22 electoral wards of Redbridge London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 12,327 residents in 4,106 households — 11,628 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Ilford South constituency.

Residents, 202112,327council ward average 14,103
Households4,1063.0 residents per household
Density11,628/ km²about 1.06 km² · London Borough of Redbridge 5,501
Aged 65+5.6%London Borough of Redbridge: 12.2% · under 16: 27.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–49.8% · 1,213
5–99.2% · 1,132
10–158.5% · 1,047
16–194.7% · 584
20–246.1% · 754
25–3419.6% · 2,422
35–4925.5% · 3,147
50–6410.9% · 1,343
65–743.0% · 368
75–841.8% · 227
85+0.7% · 91

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van54.2% · 2,224
1 car or van35.2% · 1,446
2 cars or vans8.5% · 351
3 or more2.1% · 85
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; London Borough of Redbridge overall: 57.1% owned, 11.3% social rented, 30.5% private rented.

Owned outright10.5% · 432
With mortgage11.7% · 482
Shared ownership3.3% · 136
Social rented17.8% · 731
Private rented56.3% · 2,311
Lives rent free0.4% · 15

Type of home

Detached house3.5% · 142
Semi-detached house9.1% · 372
Terraced house18.8% · 771
Purpose-built flat55.0% · 2,259
Converted house9.5% · 390
Other conversion0.6% · 24
Above shop / office3.4% · 140
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 8
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.