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Electoral wardE05009318

Blackwall & Cubitt Town ward, London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Blackwall & Cubitt Town is one of 20 electoral wards of Tower Hamlets London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 21,426 residents in 9,509 households — 15,882 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Poplar and Limehouse constituency.

Residents, 202121,426council ward average 15,516
Households9,5092.25 residents per household
Density15,882/ km²about 1.35 km² · London Borough of Tower Hamlets 15,712
Aged 65+3.4%London Borough of Tower Hamlets: 5.6% · under 16: 15.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.5% · 1,184
5–94.6% · 983
10–155.1% · 1,082
16–193.4% · 731
20–2412.2% · 2,624
25–3434.7% · 7,425
35–4923.2% · 4,972
50–647.9% · 1,692
65–742.0% · 434
75–841.1% · 225
85+0.3% · 70

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van69.4% · 6,601
1 car or van27.0% · 2,570
2 cars or vans3.1% · 296
3 or more0.5% · 43
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 outright7.9% · 750
With mortgage15.9% · 1,511
Shared ownership2.3% · 221
Social rented22.0% · 2,092
Private rented51.8% · 4,928
Lives rent free0.1% · 7

Type of home

Detached house0.4% · 36
Semi-detached house1.6% · 155
Terraced house4.0% · 381
Purpose-built flat91.2% · 8,679
Converted house0.8% · 74
Other conversion0.6% · 54
Above shop / office0.7% · 71
Caravan, mobile0.7% · 64
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05009318
Region
London
Density rank in council
13 of 20

Other wards in the same constituency

BBromley South4.4% aged 65+ · 19.8% owned13,964CCanary Wharf3.5% aged 65+ · 21.0% owned17,976IIsland Gardens6.2% aged 65+ · 29.0% owned15,307LLansbury5.6% aged 65+ · 19.8% owned21,707LLimehouse5.8% aged 65+ · 33.2% owned6,555MMile End5.1% aged 65+ · 22.3% owned21,652PPoplar5.1% aged 65+ · 17.8% owned8,069SSt Katharine's & Wapping7.1% aged 65+ · 35.1% owned11,961

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.