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Electoral wardE05014076

East Greenwich ward, Royal Borough of Greenwich

East Greenwich is one of 23 electoral wards of Greenwich London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 14,480 residents in 6,422 households — 12,893 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Greenwich and Woolwich constituency.

Residents, 202114,480council ward average 12,568
Households6,4222.25 residents per household
Density12,893/ km²about 1.12 km² · Royal Borough of Greenwich 6,113
Aged 65+7.8%Royal Borough of Greenwich: 10.4% · under 16: 17.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.7% · 969
5–95.4% · 789
10–155.1% · 742
16–193.1% · 449
20–246.5% · 948
25–3425.0% · 3,618
35–4926.7% · 3,865
50–6413.7% · 1,977
65–744.4% · 639
75–842.5% · 365
85+0.8% · 121

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van52.5% · 3,370
1 car or van40.9% · 2,624
2 cars or vans5.7% · 365
3 or more1.0% · 62
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright11.1% · 716
With mortgage30.0% · 1,929
Shared ownership4.0% · 256
Social rented28.8% · 1,850
Private rented26.0% · 1,668
Lives rent free0.0% · 3

Type of home

Detached house1.4% · 91
Semi-detached house5.5% · 351
Terraced house31.3% · 2,008
Purpose-built flat54.6% · 3,504
Converted house4.6% · 296
Other conversion1.5% · 95
Above shop / office1.2% · 75
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014076
Region
London
Density rank in council
2 of 23

Other wards in the same constituency

BBlackheath Westcombe15.4% aged 65+ · 52.2% owned15,035CCharlton Hornfair9.6% aged 65+ · 43.4% owned12,308CCharlton Village & Riverside11.7% aged 65+ · 35.9% owned10,516GGreenwich Creekside4.3% aged 65+ · 24.0% owned11,000GGreenwich Park10.0% aged 65+ · 41.2% owned10,554GGreenwich Peninsula2.9% aged 65+ · 33.8% owned11,417PPlumstead Common13.6% aged 65+ · 52.5% owned15,171SShooters Hill11.1% aged 65+ · 44.9% owned11,891WWoolwich Arsenal5.3% aged 65+ · 22.7% owned12,100WWoolwich Common7.6% aged 65+ · 25.4% owned12,688WWoolwich Dockyard7.9% aged 65+ · 20.1% owned11,688

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.