Ferndale ward
A2217 Acre Lane and the railway lines north of Ferndale Road bound the southern part of Ferndale to Clapham High Street station, between the Bowlands Estate on Clapham Park Road and Town Hall junction of Acre Lane with Brixton Road.
The northern part of the ward (north of the railway lines) is bounded on the east by A23 Brixton Road as far north as Robsart Street, and up to, but not including, the South Western Hospital on the west. It includes the B221 Bedford Road south from Clapham North underground station to Acre Lane, and the A203 Stockwell Road between Brixton Road and Stockwell Green.
See a map of Ferndale ward
- The Academy music venue is in this ward, as is part of the shopping area of Clapham High Street.
- The larger housing estates are the Bowlands, Solon, Edmundsbury, Waltham, Stockwell Park and Robsart estates.
Statistics
The National Statistics page on Ferndale ward provides a comprehensive set of statistics on education, economics, access to services, lifestyle, physical environment and much more.
Headline statistics
- The population of Ferndale ward rose from 11,530 in 1991 to 12,898, an increase of 11.9%. This is 4.8% of the borough population. Ferndale has an area of 85.2 hectares (3.1% of the borough). For the local elections in May 2002, there were 9,883 electors.
- Ferndale had an increase in white people between 1991 and 2001 and a decrease in Black people. This goes against borough trends.
- Ferndale had the largest decrease in the borough in the proportion of people under 16 between 1991 and 2001. Ferndale has high numbers of people aged 16-24. Ferndale had a low percentage decrease in people aged 60+ between 1991 and 2001.
- Ferndale has the highest proportions of people aged 16-64 with a long-term limiting illness.
- Ferndale has a high proportion of older people living alone, many of these are in poor health.
- Ferndale had a large decrease in council renting between 1991 and 2001 but has a high proportion of converted and purpose built flats.
- Ferndale had a large growth in full time employees between 1991 and 2001.
- Ferndale has a high proportion of residents with a degree or above.