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Electoral wardE05009326

Limehouse ward, London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Limehouse is one of 20 electoral wards of Tower Hamlets London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 6,555 residents in 2,927 households — 16,863 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Poplar and Limehouse constituency.

Residents, 20216,555council ward average 15,516
Households2,9272.24 residents per household
Density16,863/ km²about 0.39 km² · London Borough of Tower Hamlets 15,712
Aged 65+5.8%London Borough of Tower Hamlets: 5.6% · under 16: 12.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.2% · 340
5–93.4% · 221
10–153.6% · 235
16–192.4% · 155
20–248.6% · 567
25–3432.9% · 2,157
35–4926.1% · 1,712
50–6412.0% · 786
65–744.0% · 262
75–841.4% · 94
85+0.4% · 27

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van60.7% · 1,778
1 car or van34.7% · 1,017
2 cars or vans3.9% · 115
3 or more0.6% · 17
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 outright11.7% · 342
With mortgage21.5% · 630
Shared ownership1.9% · 56
Social rented19.7% · 577
Private rented45.0% · 1,316
Lives rent free0.2% · 6

Type of home

Detached house0.3% · 9
Semi-detached house3.7% · 108
Terraced house4.7% · 137
Purpose-built flat86.5% · 2,531
Converted house0.8% · 22
Other conversion2.9% · 86
Above shop / office0.6% · 19
Caravan, mobile0.5% · 15
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05009326
Region
London
Density rank in council
12 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% owned15,307LLansbury5.6% aged 65+ · 19.8% owned21,707MMile 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.