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Electoral wardE05011098

Chaucer ward, London Borough of Southwark

Chaucer is one of 23 electoral wards of Southwark London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 14,732 residents in 6,120 households — 19,627 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bermondsey and Old Southwark constituency.

Residents, 202114,732council ward average 13,376
Households6,1202.41 residents per household
Density19,627/ km²about 0.75 km² · London Borough of Southwark 10,652
Aged 65+5.9%London Borough of Southwark: 8.4% · under 16: 14.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.3% · 636
5–94.4% · 650
10–156.1% · 901
16–196.1% · 899
20–2413.8% · 2,029
25–3424.6% · 3,629
35–4920.7% · 3,053
50–6414.0% · 2,067
65–743.6% · 535
75–841.6% · 240
85+0.6% · 93

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van71.5% · 4,375
1 car or van25.0% · 1,531
2 cars or vans2.9% · 176
3 or more0.6% · 38
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; London Borough of Southwark overall: 28.9% owned, 39.7% social rented, 28.7% private rented.

Owned outright6.8% · 419
With mortgage12.5% · 765
Shared ownership2.1% · 128
Social rented42.4% · 2,599
Private rented35.9% · 2,196
Lives rent free0.3% · 16

Type of home

Detached house0.5% · 29
Semi-detached house1.0% · 64
Terraced house2.6% · 162
Purpose-built flat86.1% · 5,269
Converted house3.3% · 203
Other conversion5.1% · 311
Above shop / office1.4% · 83
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05011098
Region
London
Density rank in council
2 of 23

Other wards in the same constituency

BBorough & Bankside8.1% aged 65+ · 22.0% owned9,013LLondon Bridge & West Bermondsey6.4% aged 65+ · 23.1% owned15,097NNorth Bermondsey8.5% aged 65+ · 24.4% owned15,282RRotherhithe7.7% aged 65+ · 22.8% owned15,626SSouth Bermondsey7.9% aged 65+ · 20.4% owned15,945SSt George's6.2% aged 65+ · 22.3% owned8,456SSurrey Docks7.1% aged 65+ · 35.3% owned13,008

All 23 wards of London Borough of Southwark

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.