Electoral wardE05011113
Rye Lane ward, London Borough of Southwark
Rye Lane is one of 23 electoral wards of Southwark London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 14,472 residents in 6,218 households — 11,380 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Peckham constituency.
Residents, 202114,472council ward average 13,376
Households6,2182.33 residents per household
Density11,380/ km²about 1.27 km² · London Borough of Southwark 10,652
Aged 65+9.1%London Borough of Southwark: 8.4% · under 16: 17.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.7% · 832
5–95.3% · 767
10–156.2% · 900
16–193.3% · 483
20–246.5% · 944
25–3424.5% · 3,552
35–4922.6% · 3,277
50–6416.6% · 2,399
65–744.9% · 706
75–843.1% · 443
85+1.2% · 168
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van56.1% · 3,489
1 car or van37.9% · 2,359
2 cars or vans5.2% · 321
3 or more0.8% · 51
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; London Borough of Southwark overall: 28.9% owned, 39.7% social rented, 28.7% private rented.
Owned outright12.1% · 752
With mortgage21.1% · 1,312
Shared ownership2.5% · 158
Social rented38.4% · 2,391
Private rented25.6% · 1,594
Lives rent free0.2% · 13
Type of home
Detached house2.2% · 135
Semi-detached house8.4% · 525
Terraced house22.6% · 1,406
Purpose-built flat44.8% · 2,789
Converted house17.9% · 1,116
Other conversion1.8% · 114
Above shop / office2.1% · 132
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011113- Constituency
- Peckham
- Region
- London
- Density rank in council
- 14 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.