Clapham Town ward
Bowland Road, Clapham Park and the A3 Long Road to Wix's Lane mark the southern boundary of Clapham Town. Wix's Lane and Queen's Town Road to the junction with Robertson Street make up the western edge. Robertson Street and Westbury Estate to Portslade Road mark the northern boundary.
See a map of Clapham Town ward
The railway line between Wandsworth Road Station and Clapham High Street Station marks part of the eastern boundary, which continues to Clapham North tube, down Clapham High Street until St Luke's Avenue. Circumnavigating William Bonney Estate, back up to the Pavement and Long Road, completes Clapham Town's boundary.
Statistics
The National Statistics page on Clapham Town ward provides a comprehensive set of statistics on education, economics, access to services, lifestyle, physical environment and much more.
Headline statistics
- The population of Clapham Town ward rose from 11,915 in 1991 to 13,332, an increase of 11.9%. This is 5.0% of the borough population. Clapham town has an area of 133.9 hectares (4.9% of the borough). For the local elections in May 2002, there were 9,614 electors.
- Clapham Town had a small decrease in White people between 1991 and 2001 compared to the Lambeth figure. It has a high proportion of White Irish children and White British young adults.
- Clapham Town has high level of economic activity amongst 16-24 year olds, and there has been a decrease in the people employed in skilled trades.
- There are a high proportion of older people in communal establishments.
- Clapham Town also has low proportions of deprived and severely deprived households.
- There was a large increase in private renting between 1991 and 2001.
- Clapham common and Clapham town have the highest percentage of people with a degree or above.