Electoral wardE05009328
Poplar ward, London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Poplar is one of 20 electoral wards of Tower Hamlets London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 8,069 residents in 2,860 households — 11,615 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Poplar and Limehouse constituency.
Residents, 20218,069council ward average 15,516
Households2,8602.82 residents per household
Density11,615/ km²about 0.69 km² · London Borough of Tower Hamlets 15,712
Aged 65+5.1%London Borough of Tower Hamlets: 5.6% · under 16: 24.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.5% · 607
5–98.0% · 646
10–159.1% · 738
16–195.7% · 460
20–248.9% · 717
25–3422.9% · 1,846
35–4922.6% · 1,825
50–6410.2% · 821
65–743.2% · 259
75–841.2% · 98
85+0.6% · 51
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van67.1% · 1,920
1 car or van27.8% · 795
2 cars or vans4.4% · 127
3 or more0.6% · 18
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 outright5.4% · 154
With mortgage12.4% · 356
Shared ownership1.7% · 48
Social rented48.1% · 1,376
Private rented32.0% · 915
Lives rent free0.4% · 12
Type of home
Detached house0.5% · 13
Semi-detached house1.9% · 55
Terraced house7.0% · 200
Purpose-built flat85.8% · 2,452
Converted house2.8% · 81
Other conversion0.9% · 27
Above shop / office0.9% · 26
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05009328- Constituency
- Poplar and Limehouse
- Region
- London
- Density rank in council
- 17 of 20
Council offices in this ward
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% owned21,707LLimehouse5.8% aged 65+ · 33.2% owned6,555MMile End5.1% aged 65+ · 22.3% owned21,652SSt Katharine's & Wapping7.1% aged 65+ · 35.1% owned11,961
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.