Electoral wardE05014009
Balham ward, London Borough of Wandsworth
Balham is one of 22 electoral wards of Wandsworth London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 17,707 residents in 7,432 households — 12,229 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Battersea and Tooting constituencies.
Residents, 202117,707council ward average 14,886
Households7,4322.38 residents per household
Density12,229/ km²about 1.45 km² · London Borough of Wandsworth 9,562
Aged 65+9.6%London Borough of Wandsworth: 9.6% · under 16: 14.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.4% · 950
5–94.7% · 834
10–154.8% · 850
16–192.2% · 397
20–247.5% · 1,330
25–3432.1% · 5,679
35–4920.4% · 3,617
50–6413.2% · 2,344
65–744.8% · 848
75–843.2% · 566
85+1.7% · 293
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van46.3% · 3,443
1 car or van43.2% · 3,212
2 cars or vans8.8% · 652
3 or more1.7% · 125
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; London Borough of Wandsworth overall: 42.4% owned, 19.3% social rented, 36.3% private rented.
Owned outright20.0% · 1,483
With mortgage29.4% · 2,186
Shared ownership1.0% · 73
Social rented11.9% · 882
Private rented37.7% · 2,803
Lives rent free0.1% · 5
Type of home
Detached house2.0% · 145
Semi-detached house9.5% · 706
Terraced house27.9% · 2,076
Purpose-built flat29.1% · 2,166
Converted house27.4% · 2,036
Other conversion1.3% · 97
Above shop / office2.7% · 199
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 7
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014009- Region
- London
- Density rank in council
- 6 of 22
Other wards in the same constituency
BBattersea Park10.9% aged 65+ · 32.1% owned19,176FFalconbrook8.3% aged 65+ · 23.4% owned11,982FFurzedown11.1% aged 65+ · 47.8% owned18,053LLavender6.3% aged 65+ · 40.6% owned13,452NNine Elms2.7% aged 65+ · 22.7% owned5,397NNorthcote8.3% aged 65+ · 62.1% owned12,862SShaftesbury & Queenstown9.7% aged 65+ · 29.4% owned15,181SSouth Balham9.2% aged 65+ · 43.0% owned9,828SSt Mary's9.2% aged 65+ · 38.1% owned14,183TTooting Bec10.9% aged 65+ · 46.7% owned17,028TTooting Broadway8.1% aged 65+ · 37.1% owned17,218TTrinity10.1% aged 65+ · 49.7% owned11,183WWandle7.9% aged 65+ · 45.7% owned10,585WWandsworth Common8.1% aged 65+ · 51.8% owned16,593
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.