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Electoral wardE05011112

Rotherhithe ward, London Borough of Southwark

Rotherhithe is one of 23 electoral wards of Southwark London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 15,626 residents in 6,922 households — 11,071 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bermondsey and Old Southwark constituency.

Residents, 202115,626council ward average 13,376
Households6,9222.26 residents per household
Density11,071/ km²about 1.41 km² · London Borough of Southwark 10,652
Aged 65+7.7%London Borough of Southwark: 8.4% · under 16: 15.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.0% · 786
5–95.4% · 838
10–155.3% · 828
16–193.3% · 520
20–248.1% · 1,270
25–3428.9% · 4,517
35–4922.3% · 3,488
50–6414.0% · 2,184
65–744.8% · 748
75–841.9% · 304
85+0.9% · 144

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van65.0% · 4,500
1 car or van29.8% · 2,063
2 cars or vans4.4% · 307
3 or more0.8% · 52
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright9.3% · 647
With mortgage13.4% · 930
Shared ownership2.8% · 194
Social rented39.6% · 2,738
Private rented34.7% · 2,403
Lives rent free0.1% · 10

Type of home

Detached house1.0% · 68
Semi-detached house4.2% · 288
Terraced house11.8% · 819
Purpose-built flat77.4% · 5,355
Converted house2.1% · 146
Other conversion2.6% · 177
Above shop / office1.0% · 67
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05011112
Region
London
Density rank in council
16 of 23

Other wards in the same constituency

BBorough & Bankside8.1% aged 65+ · 22.0% owned9,013CChaucer5.9% aged 65+ · 19.3% owned14,732LLondon Bridge & West Bermondsey6.4% aged 65+ · 23.1% owned15,097NNorth Bermondsey8.5% aged 65+ · 24.4% owned15,282SSouth 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.