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Electoral wardE05009324

Island Gardens ward, London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Island Gardens is one of 20 electoral wards of Tower Hamlets London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 15,307 residents in 6,139 households — 14,399 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Poplar and Limehouse constituency.

Residents, 202115,307council ward average 15,516
Households6,1392.49 residents per household
Density14,399/ km²about 1.06 km² · London Borough of Tower Hamlets 15,712
Aged 65+6.2%London Borough of Tower Hamlets: 5.6% · under 16: 18.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.9% · 1,051
5–95.8% · 881
10–155.7% · 873
16–193.4% · 519
20–248.4% · 1,287
25–3425.3% · 3,879
35–4926.7% · 4,085
50–6411.6% · 1,782
65–743.7% · 569
75–841.7% · 266
85+0.7% · 112

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van55.5% · 3,406
1 car or van37.3% · 2,291
2 cars or vans6.0% · 368
3 or more1.2% · 74
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 outright9.9% · 610
With mortgage19.1% · 1,172
Shared ownership1.8% · 110
Social rented26.1% · 1,600
Private rented42.9% · 2,633
Lives rent free0.2% · 14

Type of home

Detached house1.5% · 91
Semi-detached house5.9% · 364
Terraced house18.1% · 1,113
Purpose-built flat70.7% · 4,340
Converted house0.7% · 43
Other conversion2.7% · 163
Above shop / office0.3% · 18
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05009324
Region
London
Density rank in council
15 of 20

Other wards in the same constituency

BBlackwall & Cubitt Town3.4% aged 65+ · 23.8% owned21,426BBromley South4.4% aged 65+ · 19.8% owned13,964CCanary Wharf3.5% aged 65+ · 21.0% owned17,976LLansbury5.6% 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.