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Electoral wardE05014092

Woolwich Arsenal ward, Royal Borough of Greenwich

Woolwich Arsenal is one of 23 electoral wards of Greenwich London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 12,100 residents in 5,717 households — 12,351 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Erith and Thamesmead and Greenwich and Woolwich constituencies.

Residents, 202112,100council ward average 12,568
Households5,7172.12 residents per household
Density12,351/ km²about 0.98 km² · Royal Borough of Greenwich 6,113
Aged 65+5.3%Royal Borough of Greenwich: 10.4% · under 16: 15.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.0% · 727
5–94.6% · 554
10–154.7% · 571
16–192.8% · 344
20–247.2% · 873
25–3431.4% · 3,799
35–4926.6% · 3,218
50–6411.3% · 1,368
65–743.6% · 431
75–841.5% · 185
85+0.2% · 30

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van65.0% · 3,713
1 car or van30.9% · 1,767
2 cars or vans3.6% · 203
3 or more0.6% · 33
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright5.2% · 298
With mortgage17.5% · 1,003
Shared ownership6.5% · 371
Social rented25.2% · 1,441
Private rented45.5% · 2,600
Lives rent free0.1% · 6

Type of home

Detached house0.7% · 42
Semi-detached house2.2% · 123
Terraced house7.0% · 398
Purpose-built flat77.9% · 4,456
Converted house1.5% · 85
Other conversion8.7% · 495
Above shop / office2.0% · 115
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014092
Region
London
Density rank in council
3 of 23

Council offices in this ward

CThe Woolwich CentreCouncil office · SE18 6HQCRoyal Borough of GreenwichCouncil office · SE18 6HQ

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% owned21,972PPlumstead 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% owned11,815

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.