Electoral wardE05009319
Bow East ward, London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Bow East is one of 20 electoral wards of Tower Hamlets London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 19,526 residents in 8,408 households — 10,472 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Stratford and Bow constituency.
Residents, 202119,526council ward average 15,516
Households8,4082.32 residents per household
Density10,472/ km²about 1.86 km² · London Borough of Tower Hamlets 15,712
Aged 65+5.9%London Borough of Tower Hamlets: 5.6% · under 16: 16.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.8% · 1,128
5–94.9% · 961
10–155.8% · 1,135
16–193.7% · 723
20–247.6% · 1,492
25–3431.5% · 6,153
35–4923.4% · 4,568
50–6411.3% · 2,206
65–743.4% · 666
75–841.7% · 329
85+0.8% · 165
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van65.1% · 5,473
1 car or van30.1% · 2,528
2 cars or vans4.1% · 347
3 or more0.7% · 60
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 outright6.6% · 551
With mortgage21.6% · 1,818
Shared ownership4.7% · 394
Social rented36.0% · 3,026
Private rented31.1% · 2,616
Lives rent free0.1% · 7
Type of home
Detached house1.5% · 124
Semi-detached house2.5% · 207
Terraced house10.9% · 918
Purpose-built flat75.9% · 6,378
Converted house1.5% · 127
Other conversion6.6% · 556
Above shop / office1.0% · 88
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 10
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05009319- Constituency
- Stratford and Bow
- Region
- London
- Density rank in council
- 19 of 20
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.