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Electoral wardE05009332

Shadwell ward, London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Shadwell is one of 20 electoral wards of Tower Hamlets London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 13,278 residents in 4,492 households — 20,660 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bethnal Green and Stepney constituency.

Residents, 202113,278council ward average 15,516
Households4,4922.96 residents per household
Density20,660/ km²about 0.64 km² · London Borough of Tower Hamlets 15,712
Aged 65+6.9%London Borough of Tower Hamlets: 5.6% · under 16: 22.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.0% · 925
5–97.0% · 931
10–158.7% · 1,152
16–195.3% · 701
20–249.9% · 1,314
25–3421.4% · 2,845
35–4922.2% · 2,948
50–6411.7% · 1,550
65–743.9% · 520
75–842.1% · 274
85+0.9% · 118

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van64.9% · 2,917
1 car or van29.3% · 1,317
2 cars or vans4.9% · 219
3 or more0.9% · 39
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% · 267
With mortgage11.9% · 536
Shared ownership2.7% · 122
Social rented50.2% · 2,253
Private rented28.5% · 1,282
Lives rent free0.7% · 32

Type of home

Detached house1.0% · 43
Semi-detached house1.8% · 80
Terraced house6.5% · 292
Purpose-built flat84.2% · 3,781
Converted house3.0% · 134
Other conversion2.2% · 97
Above shop / office1.4% · 64
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05009332
Region
London
Density rank in council
2 of 20

Other wards in the same constituency

BBethnal Green East5.8% aged 65+ · 23.2% owned21,090BBethnal Green West6.1% aged 65+ · 21.4% owned19,779SSpitalfields & Banglatown5.7% aged 65+ · 20.8% owned13,340SSt Dunstan's5.9% aged 65+ · 17.6% owned14,747SStepney Green8.5% aged 65+ · 20.9% owned12,343WWeavers6.5% aged 65+ · 22.2% owned13,339WWhitechapel4.2% aged 65+ · 16.6% owned18,841

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.