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Electoral wardE05009333

Spitalfields & Banglatown ward, London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Spitalfields & Banglatown is one of 20 electoral wards of Tower Hamlets London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 13,340 residents in 5,061 households — 14,640 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bethnal Green and Stepney constituency.

Residents, 202113,340council ward average 15,516
Households5,0612.64 residents per household
Density14,640/ km²about 0.91 km² · London Borough of Tower Hamlets 15,712
Aged 65+5.7%London Borough of Tower Hamlets: 5.6% · under 16: 15.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.2% · 687
5–94.7% · 630
10–155.2% · 689
16–194.8% · 643
20–2413.7% · 1,830
25–3430.4% · 4,050
35–4920.3% · 2,713
50–6410.0% · 1,339
65–743.2% · 429
75–841.8% · 246
85+0.6% · 81

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van74.0% · 3,745
1 car or van21.8% · 1,105
2 cars or vans3.5% · 179
3 or more0.6% · 31
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 outright8.0% · 404
With mortgage12.8% · 646
Shared ownership1.8% · 92
Social rented33.7% · 1,707
Private rented43.4% · 2,194
Lives rent free0.3% · 15

Type of home

Detached house1.1% · 57
Semi-detached house2.7% · 134
Terraced house9.3% · 468
Purpose-built flat73.2% · 3,700
Converted house2.4% · 120
Other conversion6.9% · 348
Above shop / office4.5% · 226
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
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.