Thornton ward
The boundary goes north along Clarence Avenue from the Thornton crossroads with Poynders Road until the junction with Kings Avenue where it heads south.
At Bourke Close the boundary then circumnavigates Clapham Park Estate until meeting New Park Road which it follows down and through to Emmanuel Road until meeting up with Cavendish Road, where it heads back north to Poynders Road and the junction with Clarence Avenue.
See a map of Thornton ward
- Thornton ward is dominated by Clapham Park Estate, which takes up approximately a third of the ward.
- Other estates include Poynders Gardens, Sinclair and Thornton Gardens.
- Schools include La Retraite, St Bernadette, Henry Cavendish, St Bede's, Telferscot and Glenbrook
- There is a small library at the corner between Atkins Road and Poynders Road.
Statistics
The National Statistics page on Thornton ward provides a comprehensive set of statistics on education, economics, access to services, lifestyle, physical environment and much more.
Headline statistics
- The population of Thornton ward rose from 11,130 in 1991 to 12,589, an increase of 13.1%. This is 4.7% of the borough population. Thornton has an area of 107.8 hectares (4.0% of the borough). For the local elections in May 2002, there were 8,679 electors.
- The biggest decreases in people aged 65+ with long-term limiting and the biggest increases in people aged 0-15 with long-term limiting illness illness are in Thornton.
- Thornton has low proportions of deprived and severely deprived households.
- Thornton has high level of economic activity amongst 16-24 year olds.
- Thornton has a high proportion of couple families with dependent children where only one parent works.
- There was a large increase in private renting between 1991 and 2001.
- Thornton has the highest proportion of council housing without central heating.