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Valley ward, London Borough of Waltham Forest

Valley is one of 22 electoral wards of Waltham Forest London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 14,084 residents in 5,010 households — 6,400 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chingford and Woodford Green constituency.

Residents, 202114,084council ward average 12,656
Households5,0102.81 residents per household
Density6,400/ km²about 2.20 km² · London Borough of Waltham Forest 7,174
Aged 65+14.0%London Borough of Waltham Forest: 10.2% · under 16: 20.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.1% · 861
5–96.5% · 909
10–158.1% · 1,139
16–194.7% · 666
20–245.8% · 810
25–3414.3% · 2,012
35–4921.2% · 2,981
50–6419.4% · 2,730
65–747.6% · 1,076
75–844.5% · 638
85+1.9% · 264

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van26.0% · 1,302
1 car or van44.5% · 2,230
2 cars or vans22.0% · 1,101
3 or more7.5% · 377
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 outright29.6% · 1,485
With mortgage34.3% · 1,719
Shared ownership0.8% · 40
Social rented17.3% · 866
Private rented17.9% · 896
Lives rent free0.1% · 6

Type of home

Detached house5.4% · 273
Semi-detached house27.4% · 1,373
Terraced house42.0% · 2,104
Purpose-built flat20.2% · 1,011
Converted house3.4% · 168
Other conversion0.2% · 10
Above shop / office1.4% · 71
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.