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Electoral wardE05009323

Canary Wharf ward, London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Canary Wharf is one of 20 electoral wards of Tower Hamlets London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 17,976 residents in 8,559 households — 12,716 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Poplar and Limehouse constituency.

Residents, 202117,976council ward average 15,516
Households8,5592.1 residents per household
Density12,716/ km²about 1.41 km² · London Borough of Tower Hamlets 15,712
Aged 65+3.5%London Borough of Tower Hamlets: 5.6% · under 16: 15.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.9% · 1,055
5–94.2% · 763
10–155.1% · 916
16–193.8% · 681
20–2410.5% · 1,880
25–3433.3% · 5,991
35–4924.7% · 4,434
50–649.1% · 1,632
65–742.1% · 372
75–841.1% · 193
85+0.3% · 59

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van74.9% · 6,410
1 car or van22.0% · 1,883
2 cars or vans2.5% · 218
3 or more0.6% · 48
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 outright7.8% · 670
With mortgage13.1% · 1,123
Shared ownership2.4% · 208
Social rented23.0% · 1,964
Private rented53.6% · 4,587
Lives rent free0.0% · 4

Type of home

Detached house0.4% · 36
Semi-detached house1.2% · 103
Terraced house2.3% · 200
Purpose-built flat93.5% · 7,999
Converted house0.3% · 29
Other conversion1.3% · 114
Above shop / office0.9% · 73
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05009323
Region
London
Density rank in council
16 of 20

Other wards in the same constituency

BBlackwall & Cubitt Town3.4% aged 65+ · 23.8% owned21,426BBromley South4.4% aged 65+ · 19.8% owned13,964IIsland 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.