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Electoral wardE05014073

Blackheath Westcombe ward, Royal Borough of Greenwich

Blackheath Westcombe is one of 23 electoral wards of Greenwich London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 15,035 residents in 6,796 households — 5,606 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Eltham and Chislehurst and Greenwich and Woolwich constituencies.

Residents, 202115,035council ward average 12,568
Households6,7962.21 residents per household
Density5,606/ km²about 2.68 km² · Royal Borough of Greenwich 6,113
Aged 65+15.4%Royal Borough of Greenwich: 10.4% · under 16: 18.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.4% · 815
5–96.0% · 901
10–156.8% · 1,023
16–192.9% · 438
20–243.8% · 574
25–3415.9% · 2,394
35–4924.8% · 3,727
50–6419.0% · 2,851
65–747.6% · 1,150
75–845.4% · 805
85+2.4% · 357

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van37.7% · 2,560
1 car or van47.4% · 3,218
2 cars or vans12.0% · 818
3 or more2.9% · 200
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Royal Borough of Greenwich overall: 41.1% owned, 31.0% social rented, 25.5% private rented.

Owned outright24.4% · 1,656
With mortgage27.8% · 1,892
Shared ownership1.5% · 100
Social rented20.7% · 1,409
Private rented25.5% · 1,734
Lives rent free0.1% · 7

Type of home

Detached house9.8% · 667
Semi-detached house14.2% · 963
Terraced house15.5% · 1,056
Purpose-built flat35.6% · 2,419
Converted house22.9% · 1,554
Other conversion1.3% · 85
Above shop / office0.7% · 48
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014073
Region
London
Density rank in council
12 of 23

Other wards in the same constituency

CCharlton Hornfair9.6% aged 65+ · 43.4% owned12,308CCharlton Village & Riverside11.7% aged 65+ · 35.9% owned10,516EEast Greenwich7.8% aged 65+ · 41.2% owned14,480EEltham Page12.1% aged 65+ · 42.4% owned9,753EEltham Park & Progress16.9% aged 65+ · 70.9% owned10,766EEltham Town & Avery Hill17.3% aged 65+ · 59.1% owned15,535GGreenwich Creekside4.3% aged 65+ · 24.0% owned11,000GGreenwich Park10.0% aged 65+ · 41.2% owned10,554GGreenwich Peninsula2.9% aged 65+ · 33.8% owned11,417KKidbrooke Park13.1% aged 65+ · 52.4% owned10,089KKidbrooke Village & Sutcliffe10.3% aged 65+ · 36.7% owned6,107MMiddle Park & Horn Park13.3% aged 65+ · 46.9% owned9,517MMottingham, Coldharbour & New Eltham16.3% aged 65+ · 62.2% owned14,532PPlumstead Common13.6% aged 65+ · 52.5% owned15,171

All 23 wards of Royal Borough of Greenwich

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.