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Electoral wardE05014020
South Balham ward, London Borough of Wandsworth
South Balham is one of 22 electoral wards of Wandsworth London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 9,828 residents in 4,426 households — 6,420 people per km², the 21st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Tooting constituency.
Residents, 20219,828council ward average 14,886
Households4,4262.22 residents per household
Density6,420/ km²about 1.53 km² · London Borough of Wandsworth 9,562
Aged 65+9.2%London Borough of Wandsworth: 9.6% · under 16: 13.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.0% · 495
5–94.0% · 394
10–154.8% · 473
16–192.4% · 234
20–247.3% · 718
25–3431.9% · 3,141
35–4920.0% · 1,963
50–6415.3% · 1,507
65–745.4% · 535
75–842.9% · 281
85+0.9% · 91
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van49.9% · 2,209
1 car or van39.6% · 1,752
2 cars or vans9.0% · 397
3 or more1.5% · 68
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; London Borough of Wandsworth overall: 42.4% owned, 19.3% social rented, 36.3% private rented.
Owned outright16.4% · 725
With mortgage26.7% · 1,180
Shared ownership0.4% · 16
Social rented19.0% · 839
Private rented37.6% · 1,662
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house1.0% · 45
Semi-detached house7.0% · 309
Terraced house18.2% · 807
Purpose-built flat25.5% · 1,128
Converted house46.2% · 2,044
Other conversion0.8% · 34
Above shop / office1.1% · 50
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 11
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014020- Constituency
- Tooting
- Region
- London
- Density rank in council
- 20 of 22
Other wards in the same constituency
BBalham9.6% aged 65+ · 49.4% owned17,707FFurzedown11.1% aged 65+ · 47.8% owned18,053TTooting 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% owned16,593WWandsworth Town7.8% aged 65+ · 39.5% owned18,212
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.