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Electoral wardE05014010

Battersea Park ward, London Borough of Wandsworth

Battersea Park is one of 22 electoral wards of Wandsworth London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 19,176 residents in 8,504 households — 10,643 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Battersea constituency.

Residents, 202119,176council ward average 14,886
Households8,5042.25 residents per household
Density10,643/ km²about 1.80 km² · London Borough of Wandsworth 9,562
Aged 65+10.9%London Borough of Wandsworth: 9.6% · under 16: 15.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.3% · 1,014
5–94.8% · 926
10–155.4% · 1,045
16–193.1% · 603
20–246.9% · 1,320
25–3425.6% · 4,900
35–4922.2% · 4,257
50–6415.8% · 3,021
65–745.7% · 1,095
75–843.6% · 696
85+1.6% · 299

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van59.4% · 5,052
1 car or van33.1% · 2,818
2 cars or vans6.1% · 522
3 or more1.3% · 112
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; London Borough of Wandsworth overall: 42.4% owned, 19.3% social rented, 36.3% private rented.

Owned outright17.1% · 1,457
With mortgage15.0% · 1,277
Shared ownership2.6% · 221
Social rented29.1% · 2,472
Private rented36.0% · 3,060
Lives rent free0.2% · 17

Type of home

Detached house0.6% · 52
Semi-detached house2.3% · 193
Terraced house6.1% · 516
Purpose-built flat79.1% · 6,727
Converted house7.9% · 672
Other conversion3.2% · 268
Above shop / office0.8% · 72
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 4
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.