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Electoral wardE05011109
Old Kent Road ward, London Borough of Southwark
Old Kent Road is one of 23 electoral wards of Southwark London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 19,037 residents in 7,437 households — 11,474 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Peckham constituency.
Residents, 202119,037council ward average 13,376
Households7,4372.56 residents per household
Density11,474/ km²about 1.66 km² · London Borough of Southwark 10,652
Aged 65+7.9%London Borough of Southwark: 8.4% · under 16: 19.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.8% · 1,095
5–96.1% · 1,160
10–157.6% · 1,451
16–194.9% · 934
20–247.8% · 1,484
25–3419.7% · 3,755
35–4921.6% · 4,104
50–6418.6% · 3,546
65–744.4% · 843
75–842.7% · 505
85+0.9% · 162
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van62.2% · 4,629
1 car or van31.5% · 2,347
2 cars or vans5.3% · 393
3 or more0.9% · 70
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; London Borough of Southwark overall: 28.9% owned, 39.7% social rented, 28.7% private rented.
Owned outright5.4% · 402
With mortgage12.2% · 909
Shared ownership2.9% · 219
Social rented58.0% · 4,313
Private rented20.7% · 1,543
Lives rent free0.7% · 52
Type of home
Detached house1.7% · 130
Semi-detached house4.6% · 341
Terraced house11.9% · 886
Purpose-built flat72.4% · 5,385
Converted house5.9% · 439
Other conversion2.3% · 169
Above shop / office0.7% · 50
Caravan, mobile0.5% · 38
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011109- Constituency
- Peckham
- Region
- London
- Density rank in council
- 13 of 23
Other wards in the same constituency
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.