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Faraday ward, London Borough of Southwark

Faraday is one of 23 electoral wards of Southwark London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 12,465 residents in 4,795 households — 11,317 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Peckham constituency.

Residents, 202112,465council ward average 13,376
Households4,7952.6 residents per household
Density11,317/ km²about 1.10 km² · London Borough of Southwark 10,652
Aged 65+7.7%London Borough of Southwark: 8.4% · under 16: 19.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.8% · 729
5–96.1% · 764
10–157.6% · 944
16–195.1% · 639
20–248.1% · 1,009
25–3420.2% · 2,521
35–4922.2% · 2,767
50–6417.2% · 2,139
65–744.5% · 563
75–842.2% · 276
85+0.9% · 115

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van66.6% · 3,192
1 car or van28.6% · 1,369
2 cars or vans4.2% · 200
3 or more0.7% · 33
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright5.6% · 267
With mortgage10.1% · 484
Shared ownership1.9% · 90
Social rented51.7% · 2,480
Private rented30.5% · 1,464
Lives rent free0.2% · 10

Type of home

Detached house1.0% · 49
Semi-detached house1.8% · 86
Terraced house9.9% · 476
Purpose-built flat76.9% · 3,687
Converted house6.4% · 306
Other conversion1.9% · 93
Above shop / office1.9% · 92
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
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.