Electoral wardE05013899
St James ward, London Borough of Waltham Forest
St James is one of 22 electoral wards of Waltham Forest London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 11,747 residents in 4,565 households — 3,779 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Walthamstow constituency.
Residents, 202111,747council ward average 12,656
Households4,5652.57 residents per household
Density3,779/ km²about 3.11 km² · London Borough of Waltham Forest 7,174
Aged 65+6.5%London Borough of Waltham Forest: 10.2% · under 16: 19.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.1% · 833
5–96.1% · 713
10–156.0% · 701
16–194.1% · 484
20–245.7% · 675
25–3424.1% · 2,828
35–4927.8% · 3,262
50–6412.6% · 1,481
65–743.8% · 445
75–842.1% · 245
85+0.7% · 78
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van54.9% · 2,506
1 car or van38.2% · 1,746
2 cars or vans5.8% · 263
3 or more1.1% · 50
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 outright14.0% · 637
With mortgage30.1% · 1,375
Shared ownership2.8% · 129
Social rented18.3% · 834
Private rented34.7% · 1,582
Lives rent free0.1% · 6
Type of home
Detached house3.0% · 135
Semi-detached house5.5% · 251
Terraced house32.7% · 1,494
Purpose-built flat41.4% · 1,889
Converted house16.4% · 748
Other conversion0.5% · 21
Above shop / office0.4% · 19
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 8
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013899- Constituency
- Walthamstow
- Region
- London
- Density rank in council
- 21 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% owned11,564HHigham 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% owned9,274UUpper 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.