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Electoral wardE05014088

Plumstead Common ward, Royal Borough of Greenwich

Plumstead Common is one of 23 electoral wards of Greenwich London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 15,171 residents in 5,860 households — 6,183 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Erith and Thamesmead and Greenwich and Woolwich constituencies.

Residents, 202115,171council ward average 12,568
Households5,8602.59 residents per household
Density6,183/ km²about 2.45 km² · Royal Borough of Greenwich 6,113
Aged 65+13.6%Royal Borough of Greenwich: 10.4% · under 16: 20.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.5% · 989
5–96.6% · 996
10–157.8% · 1,180
16–194.2% · 632
20–245.4% · 816
25–3414.2% · 2,161
35–4922.1% · 3,350
50–6419.6% · 2,977
65–747.8% · 1,190
75–844.2% · 634
85+1.6% · 243

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van36.1% · 2,117
1 car or van44.2% · 2,593
2 cars or vans15.0% · 882
3 or more4.6% · 269
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright23.9% · 1,398
With mortgage28.6% · 1,678
Shared ownership1.0% · 59
Social rented25.5% · 1,496
Private rented20.8% · 1,217
Lives rent free0.2% · 12

Type of home

Detached house4.0% · 235
Semi-detached house22.2% · 1,299
Terraced house48.0% · 2,812
Purpose-built flat16.3% · 954
Converted house8.4% · 490
Other conversion0.3% · 17
Above shop / office0.8% · 47
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 6
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014088
Region
London
Density rank in council
9 of 23

Other wards in the same constituency

AAbbey Wood9.8% aged 65+ · 40.4% owned17,687BBlackheath Westcombe15.4% aged 65+ · 52.2% owned15,035CCharlton 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 Park & Progress16.9% aged 65+ · 70.9% owned10,766GGreenwich Creekside4.3% aged 65+ · 24.0% owned11,000GGreenwich Park10.0% aged 65+ · 41.2% owned10,554GGreenwich Peninsula2.9% aged 65+ · 33.8% owned11,417PPlumstead & Glyndon9.6% aged 65+ · 33.2% owned21,972SShooters 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% owned12,100

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.