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Electoral wardE05014029

West Hill ward, London Borough of Wandsworth

West Hill is one of 22 electoral wards of Wandsworth London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 16,815 residents in 6,602 households — 9,976 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Putney constituency.

Residents, 202116,815council ward average 14,886
Households6,6022.55 residents per household
Density9,976/ km²about 1.69 km² · London Borough of Wandsworth 9,562
Aged 65+11.0%London Borough of Wandsworth: 9.6% · under 16: 19.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.6% · 943
5–95.9% · 996
10–157.5% · 1,258
16–194.2% · 705
20–246.3% · 1,055
25–3418.7% · 3,138
35–4924.6% · 4,136
50–6416.2% · 2,730
65–746.2% · 1,047
75–843.3% · 562
85+1.5% · 246

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van41.5% · 2,740
1 car or van45.4% · 3,000
2 cars or vans10.9% · 717
3 or more2.2% · 145
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright18.5% · 1,221
With mortgage22.1% · 1,461
Shared ownership1.0% · 66
Social rented23.8% · 1,571
Private rented34.4% · 2,274
Lives rent free0.2% · 10

Type of home

Detached house4.6% · 303
Semi-detached house9.5% · 630
Terraced house12.2% · 804
Purpose-built flat69.3% · 4,572
Converted house2.3% · 154
Other conversion1.8% · 118
Above shop / office0.2% · 16
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 3
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.