Electoral wardE05013887
Forest ward, London Borough of Waltham Forest
Forest is one of 22 electoral wards of Waltham Forest London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 17,256 residents in 5,831 households — 8,062 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Leyton and Wanstead constituency.
Residents, 202117,256council ward average 12,656
Households5,8312.96 residents per household
Density8,062/ km²about 2.14 km² · London Borough of Waltham Forest 7,174
Aged 65+9.5%London Borough of Waltham Forest: 10.2% · under 16: 22.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.5% · 1,290
5–96.9% · 1,192
10–157.9% · 1,358
16–195.0% · 869
20–246.1% · 1,046
25–3417.1% · 2,951
35–4924.9% · 4,294
50–6415.2% · 2,624
65–745.3% · 921
75–843.3% · 567
85+0.8% · 144
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van43.7% · 2,551
1 car or van42.2% · 2,462
2 cars or vans10.6% · 616
3 or more3.5% · 202
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; London Borough of Waltham Forest overall: 48.9% owned, 21.5% social rented, 27.8% private rented.
Owned outright20.8% · 1,215
With mortgage25.6% · 1,492
Shared ownership2.0% · 118
Social rented23.0% · 1,343
Private rented28.4% · 1,655
Lives rent free0.1% · 8
Type of home
Detached house4.6% · 270
Semi-detached house10.9% · 635
Terraced house36.0% · 2,097
Purpose-built flat29.3% · 1,709
Converted house16.9% · 985
Other conversion0.6% · 35
Above shop / office1.7% · 98
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013887- Constituency
- Leyton and Wanstead
- Region
- London
- Density rank in council
- 11 of 22
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.