Electoral wardE05013892
Higham Hill ward, London Borough of Waltham Forest
Higham Hill is one of 22 electoral wards of Waltham Forest London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 14,312 residents in 4,983 households — 4,693 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Walthamstow constituency.
Residents, 202114,312council ward average 12,656
Households4,9832.87 residents per household
Density4,693/ km²about 3.05 km² · London Borough of Waltham Forest 7,174
Aged 65+7.5%London Borough of Waltham Forest: 10.2% · under 16: 23.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.0% · 1,004
5–96.9% · 994
10–159.0% · 1,293
16–195.2% · 748
20–245.9% · 851
25–3417.4% · 2,487
35–4925.6% · 3,665
50–6415.3% · 2,194
65–744.4% · 626
75–842.3% · 333
85+0.8% · 118
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van40.4% · 2,011
1 car or van46.1% · 2,297
2 cars or vans11.2% · 560
3 or more2.3% · 115
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 outright12.8% · 638
With mortgage26.8% · 1,336
Shared ownership5.1% · 256
Social rented34.8% · 1,735
Private rented20.2% · 1,007
Lives rent free0.2% · 11
Type of home
Detached house4.9% · 246
Semi-detached house16.1% · 800
Terraced house40.9% · 2,038
Purpose-built flat32.5% · 1,617
Converted house4.4% · 218
Other conversion0.4% · 22
Above shop / office0.7% · 34
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 8
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013892- Constituency
- Walthamstow
- Region
- London
- Density rank in council
- 20 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% owned9,818HHigh Street6.8% aged 65+ · 39.1% owned11,564HHoe 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.