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Electoral wardE05009331

Bethnal Green West ward, London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Bethnal Green West is one of 20 electoral wards of Tower Hamlets London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 19,779 residents in 7,413 households — 18,248 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bethnal Green and Stepney constituency.

Residents, 202119,779council ward average 15,516
Households7,4132.67 residents per household
Density18,248/ km²about 1.08 km² · London Borough of Tower Hamlets 15,712
Aged 65+6.1%London Borough of Tower Hamlets: 5.6% · under 16: 17.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.4% · 1,062
5–95.2% · 1,023
10–156.6% · 1,307
16–194.7% · 923
20–2410.4% · 2,049
25–3428.3% · 5,598
35–4922.6% · 4,463
50–6410.9% · 2,157
65–743.5% · 686
75–841.8% · 352
85+0.8% · 159

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van69.8% · 5,174
1 car or van25.4% · 1,881
2 cars or vans4.1% · 304
3 or more0.7% · 54
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; London Borough of Tower Hamlets overall: 23.1% owned, 35.9% social rented, 38.2% private rented.

Owned outright7.6% · 562
With mortgage13.8% · 1,021
Shared ownership2.2% · 165
Social rented40.6% · 3,008
Private rented35.6% · 2,637
Lives rent free0.3% · 20

Type of home

Detached house0.8% · 57
Semi-detached house1.8% · 130
Terraced house5.3% · 395
Purpose-built flat80.3% · 5,954
Converted house4.1% · 303
Other conversion5.6% · 416
Above shop / office1.9% · 143
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 13
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05009331
Region
London
Density rank in council
8 of 20

Other wards in the same constituency

BBethnal Green East5.8% aged 65+ · 23.2% owned21,090SShadwell6.9% aged 65+ · 17.9% owned13,278SSpitalfields & Banglatown5.7% aged 65+ · 20.8% owned13,340SSt Dunstan's5.9% aged 65+ · 17.6% owned14,747SStepney Green8.5% aged 65+ · 20.9% owned12,343WWeavers6.5% aged 65+ · 22.2% owned13,339WWhitechapel4.2% aged 65+ · 16.6% owned18,841

All 20 wards of London Borough of Tower Hamlets

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.