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Wandsworth Common ward, London Borough of Wandsworth

Wandsworth Common is one of 22 electoral wards of Wandsworth London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 16,593 residents in 6,524 households — 5,946 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Tooting constituency.

Residents, 202116,593council ward average 14,886
Households6,5242.54 residents per household
Density5,946/ km²about 2.79 km² · London Borough of Wandsworth 9,562
Aged 65+8.1%London Borough of Wandsworth: 9.6% · under 16: 17.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.6% · 1,100
5–95.1% · 842
10–155.4% · 899
16–193.8% · 635
20–246.1% · 1,006
25–3425.4% · 4,216
35–4924.8% · 4,119
50–6414.6% · 2,429
65–744.7% · 781
75–842.4% · 394
85+1.0% · 169

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van38.7% · 2,527
1 car or van47.7% · 3,113
2 cars or vans10.9% · 714
3 or more2.6% · 169
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright18.3% · 1,193
With mortgage33.5% · 2,188
Shared ownership1.7% · 112
Social rented17.1% · 1,117
Private rented29.3% · 1,910
Lives rent free0.1% · 4

Type of home

Detached house2.3% · 151
Semi-detached house12.3% · 803
Terraced house26.6% · 1,735
Purpose-built flat40.6% · 2,647
Converted house15.3% · 999
Other conversion1.1% · 71
Above shop / office1.7% · 111
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 10
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.