Electoral wardE05009320
Bow West ward, London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Bow West is one of 20 electoral wards of Tower Hamlets London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 13,711 residents in 5,279 households — 10,203 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Stratford and Bow constituency.
Residents, 202113,711council ward average 15,516
Households5,2792.6 residents per household
Density10,203/ km²about 1.34 km² · London Borough of Tower Hamlets 15,712
Aged 65+8.3%London Borough of Tower Hamlets: 5.6% · under 16: 17.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.3% · 861
5–95.1% · 695
10–156.1% · 840
16–193.8% · 527
20–249.0% · 1,228
25–3425.8% · 3,534
35–4921.9% · 3,000
50–6413.7% · 1,884
65–745.2% · 709
75–842.2% · 305
85+0.9% · 128
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van57.8% · 3,052
1 car or van34.4% · 1,813
2 cars or vans6.7% · 352
3 or more1.1% · 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 outright12.2% · 645
With mortgage19.4% · 1,021
Shared ownership1.5% · 78
Social rented36.0% · 1,899
Private rented30.6% · 1,612
Lives rent free0.4% · 21
Type of home
Detached house1.1% · 60
Semi-detached house3.1% · 165
Terraced house24.9% · 1,315
Purpose-built flat54.7% · 2,887
Converted house10.4% · 550
Other conversion3.8% · 198
Above shop / office1.8% · 95
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 9
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05009320- Constituency
- Stratford and Bow
- Region
- London
- Density rank in council
- 20 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.