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Electoral wardE05009325

Lansbury ward, London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Lansbury is one of 20 electoral wards of Tower Hamlets London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 21,707 residents in 7,529 households — 17,081 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Poplar and Limehouse constituency.

Residents, 202121,707council ward average 15,516
Households7,5292.88 residents per household
Density17,081/ km²about 1.27 km² · London Borough of Tower Hamlets 15,712
Aged 65+5.6%London Borough of Tower Hamlets: 5.6% · under 16: 23.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.2% · 1,562
5–97.2% · 1,559
10–158.7% · 1,879
16–196.2% · 1,348
20–249.4% · 2,049
25–3423.9% · 5,183
35–4921.2% · 4,592
50–6410.7% · 2,326
65–743.4% · 743
75–841.4% · 304
85+0.7% · 159

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van64.1% · 4,829
1 car or van30.3% · 2,280
2 cars or vans4.8% · 365
3 or more0.7% · 55
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 outright5.9% · 443
With mortgage13.9% · 1,046
Shared ownership3.6% · 272
Social rented44.5% · 3,350
Private rented31.9% · 2,403
Lives rent free0.2% · 15

Type of home

Detached house1.2% · 89
Semi-detached house3.1% · 234
Terraced house9.0% · 678
Purpose-built flat81.3% · 6,121
Converted house1.3% · 100
Other conversion2.9% · 215
Above shop / office1.1% · 84
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 8
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05009325
Region
London
Density rank in council
11 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% owned17,976IIsland Gardens6.2% aged 65+ · 29.0% owned15,307LLimehouse5.8% 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.