Electoral wardE05013891
High Street ward, London Borough of Waltham Forest
High Street is one of 22 electoral wards of Waltham Forest London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 11,564 residents in 4,485 households — 14,099 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Walthamstow constituency.
Residents, 202111,564council ward average 12,656
Households4,4852.58 residents per household
Density14,099/ km²about 0.82 km² · London Borough of Waltham Forest 7,174
Aged 65+6.8%London Borough of Waltham Forest: 10.2% · under 16: 19.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.8% · 790
5–95.6% · 653
10–156.5% · 756
16–194.1% · 469
20–245.3% · 614
25–3423.4% · 2,705
35–4926.9% · 3,106
50–6414.5% · 1,679
65–744.0% · 464
75–842.1% · 242
85+0.7% · 85
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van57.8% · 2,592
1 car or van35.2% · 1,581
2 cars or vans6.0% · 267
3 or more1.0% · 46
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 outright14.7% · 659
With mortgage24.4% · 1,095
Shared ownership2.6% · 116
Social rented18.3% · 822
Private rented39.9% · 1,789
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house3.0% · 134
Semi-detached house5.7% · 255
Terraced house26.5% · 1,188
Purpose-built flat42.0% · 1,883
Converted house18.4% · 824
Other conversion0.8% · 34
Above shop / office3.6% · 162
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013891- Constituency
- Walthamstow
- Region
- London
- Density rank in council
- 4 of 22
Other wards in the same constituency
CChapel End7.4% aged 65+ · 55.5% owned13,614HHale End & Highams Park South10.7% aged 65+ · 61.0% owned9,818HHigham Hill7.5% aged 65+ · 39.6% owned14,312HHoe Street9.6% aged 65+ · 40.2% owned14,276LLarkswood14.6% aged 65+ · 58.8% owned13,536LLea Bridge8.5% aged 65+ · 45.9% owned15,523LLeyton8.3% aged 65+ · 35.7% owned13,114MMarkhouse9.3% aged 65+ · 43.9% owned9,274SSt James6.5% aged 65+ · 44.1% owned11,747UUpper Walthamstow10.2% aged 65+ · 55.5% owned8,195WWilliam Morris7.7% aged 65+ · 49.5% owned15,059WWood Street7.5% aged 65+ · 44.1% owned9,594
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.