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Electoral wardE05014028

Wandsworth Town ward, London Borough of Wandsworth

Wandsworth Town is one of 22 electoral wards of Wandsworth London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 18,212 residents in 8,301 households — 11,586 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Battersea and Putney and Tooting constituencies.

Residents, 202118,212council ward average 14,886
Households8,3012.19 residents per household
Density11,586/ km²about 1.57 km² · London Borough of Wandsworth 9,562
Aged 65+7.8%London Borough of Wandsworth: 9.6% · under 16: 13.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.1% · 926
5–94.3% · 785
10–154.5% · 820
16–192.3% · 421
20–246.6% · 1,198
25–3433.5% · 6,102
35–4923.4% · 4,269
50–6412.5% · 2,275
65–744.6% · 839
75–842.4% · 429
85+0.8% · 147

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van52.6% · 4,367
1 car or van39.6% · 3,288
2 cars or vans6.7% · 553
3 or more1.1% · 92
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright13.2% · 1,095
With mortgage26.3% · 2,181
Shared ownership2.4% · 200
Social rented19.2% · 1,595
Private rented38.8% · 3,222
Lives rent free0.1% · 6

Type of home

Detached house1.1% · 88
Semi-detached house3.8% · 317
Terraced house18.0% · 1,493
Purpose-built flat54.3% · 4,510
Converted house19.4% · 1,609
Other conversion1.7% · 139
Above shop / office1.6% · 136
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 9
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.