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Electoral wardE05014093

Woolwich Common ward, Royal Borough of Greenwich

Woolwich Common is one of 23 electoral wards of Greenwich London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 12,688 residents in 4,649 households — 6,138 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Erith and Thamesmead and Greenwich and Woolwich constituencies.

Residents, 202112,688council ward average 12,568
Households4,6492.73 residents per household
Density6,138/ km²about 2.07 km² · Royal Borough of Greenwich 6,113
Aged 65+7.6%Royal Borough of Greenwich: 10.4% · under 16: 22.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.8% · 996
5–97.1% · 907
10–157.4% · 941
16–195.5% · 693
20–247.3% · 925
25–3420.1% · 2,547
35–4922.3% · 2,827
50–6414.9% · 1,887
65–744.7% · 593
75–842.2% · 281
85+0.7% · 92

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van51.9% · 2,412
1 car or van37.9% · 1,761
2 cars or vans7.9% · 369
3 or more2.3% · 106
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright7.9% · 368
With mortgage17.5% · 811
Shared ownership2.3% · 108
Social rented43.8% · 2,037
Private rented28.3% · 1,315
Lives rent free0.2% · 8

Type of home

Detached house3.7% · 171
Semi-detached house10.0% · 465
Terraced house29.3% · 1,361
Purpose-built flat45.5% · 2,114
Converted house7.4% · 343
Other conversion3.6% · 167
Above shop / office0.5% · 24
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014093
Region
London
Density rank in council
10 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% owned21,972PPlumstead 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.