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Electoral wardE05009330

St Katharine's & Wapping ward, London Borough of Tower Hamlets

St Katharine's & Wapping is one of 20 electoral wards of Tower Hamlets London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 11,961 residents in 5,798 households — 11,300 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Poplar and Limehouse constituency.

Residents, 202111,961council ward average 15,516
Households5,7982.06 residents per household
Density11,300/ km²about 1.06 km² · London Borough of Tower Hamlets 15,712
Aged 65+7.1%London Borough of Tower Hamlets: 5.6% · under 16: 12.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.2% · 623
5–93.4% · 409
10–153.8% · 456
16–192.1% · 254
20–247.5% · 897
25–3431.8% · 3,804
35–4925.7% · 3,071
50–6413.4% · 1,600
65–744.7% · 559
75–841.8% · 211
85+0.6% · 77

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van61.7% · 3,580
1 car or van33.1% · 1,921
2 cars or vans4.1% · 236
3 or more1.1% · 62
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 outright14.2% · 822
With mortgage20.9% · 1,210
Shared ownership1.7% · 99
Social rented15.3% · 885
Private rented47.9% · 2,775
Lives rent free0.1% · 6

Type of home

Detached house1.0% · 56
Semi-detached house1.4% · 79
Terraced house8.6% · 500
Purpose-built flat75.8% · 4,394
Converted house0.9% · 52
Other conversion11.7% · 677
Above shop / office0.4% · 22
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 17
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05009330
Region
London
Density rank in council
18 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% owned21,707LLimehouse5.8% aged 65+ · 33.2% owned6,555MMile End5.1% aged 65+ · 22.3% owned21,652PPoplar5.1% aged 65+ · 17.8% owned8,069

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.