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Electoral wardE05009336

Whitechapel ward, London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Whitechapel is one of 20 electoral wards of Tower Hamlets London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 18,841 residents in 7,379 households — 19,622 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bethnal Green and Stepney constituency.

Residents, 202118,841council ward average 15,516
Households7,3792.55 residents per household
Density19,622/ km²about 0.96 km² · London Borough of Tower Hamlets 15,712
Aged 65+4.2%London Borough of Tower Hamlets: 5.6% · under 16: 16.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.7% · 1,074
5–95.0% · 945
10–155.9% · 1,119
16–195.5% · 1,039
20–2415.3% · 2,874
25–3430.1% · 5,673
35–4920.3% · 3,825
50–648.0% · 1,507
65–742.5% · 466
75–841.2% · 226
85+0.5% · 93

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van77.2% · 5,694
1 car or van19.9% · 1,469
2 cars or vans2.4% · 179
3 or more0.5% · 36
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 outright6.7% · 491
With mortgage10.0% · 736
Shared ownership3.1% · 230
Social rented26.7% · 1,971
Private rented53.5% · 3,945
Lives rent free0.1% · 7

Type of home

Detached house0.5% · 36
Semi-detached house1.4% · 105
Terraced house4.2% · 308
Purpose-built flat83.3% · 6,144
Converted house2.2% · 164
Other conversion5.5% · 403
Above shop / office2.8% · 210
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 8
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05009336
Region
London
Density rank in council
5 of 20

Council offices in this ward

TLondon Borough of Tower Hamlets, Town HallTown hall · E1 1BJ

Other wards in the same constituency

BBethnal Green East5.8% aged 65+ · 23.2% owned21,090BBethnal Green West6.1% aged 65+ · 21.4% owned19,779SShadwell6.9% aged 65+ · 17.9% owned13,278SSpitalfields & 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% owned13,339

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.