Streatham Wells ward

The border of Streatham Wells starts along the railway line from Streatham Hill Railway Station and continues eastwards where it diverts down Hailsham Avenue and back up Mount Nod Road to the railway line again. The border then follows Leigham Vale down into Leigham Court Road before hitting the junction with the A214 Streatham Common North.

Here it follows westwards until the junction with the A23 Streatham High Road, which it follows until Streatham Station. The boundary then veers along the railway line again until Wellfield Road, which it turns down up until meeting back up with the A23. The boundary then follows this road until meeting back up with Streatham Hill Station.
See a map of Streatham Wells ward

• Several schools are located within the ward, including St Andrew's, Bishop Thomas Grant, Julian's, Dunraven and Hitherfield.
• The Adare Adult Education Institute is in Streatham Wells ward.
• Streatham Library is located at the junction with Streatham High Road and Pinfold Road.
• The main estates are Albert Carr Gardens, Valley Road, Sackville and Streatham Hill.

Statistics

The National Statistics page on Streatham Wells ward provides a comprehensive set of statistics on education, economics, access to services, lifestyle, physical environment and much more.

• Download census data tables

Headline statistics

• The population of Streatham Wells ward rose from 11,406 in 1991 to 12,746, an increase of 11.7%. This is 4.8% of the borough population. Streatham Wells has an area of 145.0 hectares (5.3% of the borough). For the local elections in May 2002, there were 9,296 electors.
• The biggest decreases in people aged 65+ with long-term limiting illness were in Vassall, Thornton and Streatham Wells wards. The biggest increase in people aged 16-64 with long-term limiting illness was in Streatham Wells.
• Streatham has the lowest proportion of children in lone parent families, all wards having a low proportion of children in lone parent families.
• Streatham Wells has a fairly high proportion of non-deprived households and deprived households, and low proportion of severely deprived households.
• Streatham has a low proportion of overcrowded council rented households in all wards, and Streatham South and Streatham Wells have the highest proportion of overcrowded owner occupied households.
• Of all Lambeth's wards, Streatham Wells has the lowest proportion of long-term unemployed people and unemployed people aged 50+.