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Riverside and Laleham ward, Spelthorne

Riverside and Laleham is one of 13 electoral wards of Spelthorne Borough Council, in Surrey (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,804 residents in 2,855 households — 3,140 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Spelthorne constituency; for county elections it is in the Staines and Staines South and Ashford West divisions.

Residents, 20216,804council ward average 7,920
Households2,8552.38 residents per household
Density3,140/ km²about 2.17 km² · Spelthorne 2,294
Aged 65+22.6%Spelthorne: 18.0% · under 16: 16.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.5% · 372
5–95.2% · 356
10–156.2% · 425
16–193.7% · 251
20–244.4% · 297
25–3410.2% · 696
35–4920.2% · 1,374
50–6422.0% · 1,496
65–7411.4% · 774
75–847.9% · 539
85+3.3% · 223

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van11.2% · 319
1 car or van39.9% · 1,140
2 cars or vans35.1% · 1,003
3 or more13.8% · 393
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Spelthorne overall: 68.1% owned, 12.7% social rented, 17.9% private rented.

Owned outright43.1% · 1,231
With mortgage37.3% · 1,065
Shared ownership0.4% · 10
Social rented6.4% · 184
Private rented12.8% · 365

Type of home

Detached house28.2% · 805
Semi-detached house34.1% · 973
Terraced house15.2% · 434
Purpose-built flat20.1% · 574
Converted house1.8% · 50
Other conversion0.2% · 7
Above shop / office0.4% · 10
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
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.