Electoral wardE05014072
Abbey Wood ward, Royal Borough of Greenwich
Abbey Wood is one of 23 electoral wards of Greenwich London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 17,687 residents in 6,300 households — 6,527 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Erith and Thamesmead constituency.
Residents, 202117,687council ward average 12,568
Households6,3002.81 residents per household
Density6,527/ km²about 2.71 km² · Royal Borough of Greenwich 6,113
Aged 65+9.8%Royal Borough of Greenwich: 10.4% · under 16: 24.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.6% · 1,164
5–98.0% · 1,408
10–159.8% · 1,741
16–195.0% · 891
20–245.9% · 1,044
25–3415.0% · 2,653
35–4922.1% · 3,914
50–6417.7% · 3,132
65–745.9% · 1,037
75–842.8% · 502
85+1.1% · 202
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van38.9% · 2,450
1 car or van43.6% · 2,747
2 cars or vans14.0% · 883
3 or more3.5% · 220
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Royal Borough of Greenwich overall: 41.1% owned, 31.0% social rented, 25.5% private rented.
Owned outright16.9% · 1,068
With mortgage23.4% · 1,477
Shared ownership0.4% · 28
Social rented34.9% · 2,197
Private rented24.0% · 1,514
Lives rent free0.3% · 17
Type of home
Detached house4.1% · 260
Semi-detached house14.4% · 907
Terraced house44.1% · 2,777
Purpose-built flat34.5% · 2,171
Converted house1.9% · 119
Other conversion0.1% · 7
Above shop / office0.4% · 27
Caravan, mobile0.5% · 32
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014072- Constituency
- Erith and Thamesmead
- Region
- London
- Density rank in council
- 7 of 23
Other wards in the same constituency
EEltham Park & Progress16.9% aged 65+ · 70.9% owned10,766PPlumstead & Glyndon9.6% aged 65+ · 33.2% owned21,972PPlumstead Common13.6% aged 65+ · 52.5% owned15,171SShooters Hill11.1% aged 65+ · 44.9% owned11,891TThamesmead Moorings7.2% aged 65+ · 28.1% owned12,452WWest Thamesmead4.7% aged 65+ · 29.6% owned11,815WWoolwich Arsenal5.3% aged 65+ · 22.7% owned12,100WWoolwich Common7.6% aged 65+ · 25.4% owned12,688
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.