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Electoral wardE05009327

Mile End ward, London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Mile End is one of 20 electoral wards of Tower Hamlets London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 21,652 residents in 7,802 households — 17,821 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Poplar and Limehouse constituency.

Residents, 202121,652council ward average 15,516
Households7,8022.78 residents per household
Density17,821/ km²about 1.21 km² · London Borough of Tower Hamlets 15,712
Aged 65+5.1%London Borough of Tower Hamlets: 5.6% · under 16: 21.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.7% · 1,441
5–96.8% · 1,473
10–157.7% · 1,673
16–194.9% · 1,054
20–2410.6% · 2,305
25–3426.2% · 5,662
35–4922.6% · 4,898
50–649.4% · 2,044
65–742.9% · 624
75–841.5% · 328
85+0.7% · 150

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van66.0% · 5,149
1 car or van28.7% · 2,236
2 cars or vans4.4% · 347
3 or more0.9% · 68
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 outright5.8% · 452
With mortgage16.5% · 1,285
Shared ownership2.2% · 168
Social rented42.3% · 3,304
Private rented33.1% · 2,579
Lives rent free0.2% · 15

Type of home

Detached house1.2% · 95
Semi-detached house1.3% · 105
Terraced house6.7% · 519
Purpose-built flat85.5% · 6,670
Converted house1.8% · 141
Other conversion2.3% · 182
Above shop / office1.1% · 87
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
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.