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Clapham Junction railway station is in Battersea, rather than Clapham in the borough. There are many new or refurbished buildings along the borough's prosperous riverside including the large Chelsea Bridge Wharf. The Peace Pagoda, one of many such international pagodas, is in Battersea Park, a sprawling rectangle often hosting circuses beside the Thames. The London Heliport, London's main and busiest heliport, is just beyond Battersea Park, and south of this is New Covent Garden Market. In terms of size, South Thames College, Southside Shopping Centre, Wandsworth and The Exchange Shopping Centre, Putney are among the largest secular structures. Secular architecturally most highly listed buildings include: Battersea Power Station, the Battersea Arts Centre (formerly town hall), Royal Hospital for Neuro disability, Wandsworth Town Hall, as well as particularly the interiors of the large Gala Bingo Club, Tooting, the former Granada Theatre, St John's Hill, Clapham Junction by Theodore Komisarjevsky, and in terms of ornate mansions a cluster of five large stone and brick buildings mostly converted to diverse public uses in and around Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton at grade II* or above. In Old Battersea two fine masonry mansions survived The Blitz: Old Battersea House and Downshire House—both hold rare Grade II* status.

According to the 2021 census, Wandsworth has a population of 327,506. In 2021, 67.8% of the population was white, 10.1% black and 11.6% Asian. A 2017 study by Trust for London and the New Policy Institute found that Wandsworth has the lowest rate of unemployment of any London borough. It also has the 2nd lowest rate of local employees who are low paid.

Ethnic GroupYear1981 estimations1991200120112021Number%Number%Number%Number%Number%White: Total200,18481.2%201,82180%202,97878.0%219,21671.4%222,09067.8% White: British–––– 168,665 64.8% 163,739 53.3%157,04848.0% White: Irish–––– 8,151 3.1% 7,664 2.5%8,0612.5% White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller–––– – – 163 0.1%1200.0%White: Roma––––––––1,7300.5% White: Other–––– 26,162 10.0% 47,650 15.5%55,13116.8% Asian or Asian British: Total ––19,5437.7% 20,271 7.8% 33,338 10.9%38,31411.6% Asian or Asian British: Indian––7700 7,412 2.8% 8,642 2.8%9,5992.9% Asian or Asian British: Pakistani––4198 5,449 2.1% 9,718 3.2%12,2493.7% Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi––1020 1,099 0.4% 1,493 0.5%1,6390.5% Asian or Asian British: Chinese––2077 2,227 0.9% 3,715 1.2%4,6581.4% Asian or Asian British: Other Asian ––4548 4,084 1.6% 9,770 3.2%10,1693.1% Black or Black British: Total ––26,81510.6% 25,066 9.6% 32,756 10.7%33,06210.1% Black or Black British: African––7303 10,013 3.8% 14,818 4.8%17,3305.3% Black or Black British: Caribbean––15305 12,665 4.9% 12,297 4.0%11,3563.5% Black or Black British: Other Black––4207 2,388 0.9% 5,641 1.8%4,3761.3% Mixed or British Mixed: Total –––– 8,728 3.4% 15,241 5.0%20,5986.3% Mixed: White and Black Caribbean –––– 2,893 1.1% 4,642 1.5%5,3401.6% Mixed: White and Black African –––– 1,252 0.5% 2,034 0.7%2,4940.8% Mixed: White and Asian –––– 2,247 0.9% 3,887 1.3%5,7761.8% Mixed: Other Mixed –––– 2,336 0.9% 4,678 1.5%6,9882.1% Other: Total ––42461.7% 3,337 1.3% 6,444 2.1%13,4424.1% Other: Arab –––– – – 2,350 0.8%3,8601.2% Other: Any other ethnic group ––42461.7% 3,337 1.3% 4,094 1.3%9,5822.9% Ethnic minority: Total 46,490 18.8%50,60420% 57,402 22.1% 87,779 28.7%105,41632.2% Total 246,674 100%252,425100% 260,380 100.00% 306,995 100.00%327,506100%

The first Mayor of Wandsworth was John Lidiard, elected by the first Wandsworth Borough Council in November 1900. Lidiard's initials are highlighted in the diamonds in the centre of the Mayor's chain of office. The second Mayor was Sir William Lancaster. The current Mayor is Juliana Annan.

The armorial bearings retain many of the features of the arms of the former Metropolitan Borough of Battersea and Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth. The fess, or crossing, of the shield is chequered blue and gold representing the arms of William de Warren, created first Earl of Surrey by William Rufus. Each gold square bears a teardrop representing the tears of the French Huguenots, many of whom settled in Wandsworth from 1685. The ship at the top may refer to the Wendels, a tribe of sea raiders from the Continent who supposedly gave their name to the district, for Wendelsworth was an early variation of Wandsworth. The four shields and oars on the ship represent the four parishes of Battersea, Putney, Tooting and Wandsworth. The dove to the left is taken from the former Battersea coat of arms and the black dragon to the right was taken from the former Wandsworth arms and also refers to London, being similar to the City of London coat of arms.

For elections to the Greater London Council, the borough formed the Wandsworth electoral division, electing four members. In 1973 it was divided into the single member Battersea North, Battersea South, Putney and Tooting electoral divisions. The Greater London Council was abolished in 1986. Since 2000, for elections to the London Assembly, the borough forms part of the Merton and Wandsworth constituency.

Wandsworth first established a twin town arrangement with Schiedam, in the Netherlands, in 1946. A number of refugees from Schiedam who had lived for a time in Wandsworth during World War II hoped to maintain their connections with the London Borough during peacetime. The twinning was organised within the scope of the Dutch English Sports Plan. swimming, gymnastics, korfball (Wandsworth has a korfball club, at Tooting) and cricket (Shiedam is one of the strongholds for cricket in the Netherlands). For many years the wartime connections were acknowledged during annual Remembrance Day commemorations in the two municipalities, either through an exchange of wreaths or by sending a representative. Within the context of both inter business exchange and sporting fixtures, visits were also arranged by specific Wandsworth organisations such as Small Electric Motors and the Rediffusion factory, as guests of their counterparts at Schiedam companies such as Wilton Personnel and Pieterman Glass. In 1970 a large delegation from Wandsworth visited Schiedam for celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of the town's liberation. Further sporting and cultural exchanges continued through to at least 1977. However, in 1997, an article in the Dutch local press observed that the relationship with Wandsworth had lapsed.

Wandsworth is administered by 58 councillors. After the May 2022 election, 35 of these councillors were Labour and 22 were Conservatives, with 1 independent. The Conservatives had had an overall majority on the council since 1978 until Labour won control in the 2022 election.

Wandsworth London Borough Council and Transport for London (TfL) maintain cycling infrastructure in the Borough. Cycle Superhighway 7 (CS7) is an unbroken, signposted cycle route running through the southeastern portion of the Borough. The route runs along the A24 and A3 roads, through Tooting, Balham, and Clapham. Northbound the route links the Borough directly to the City of London via Kennington, Elephant and Castle, and Southwark. Southbound, the route runs unbroken to Colliers Wood. Cycle Superhighway 8 (CS8) is an unbroken, signposted cycle route running through the northern edge of Wandsworth, through Battersea. The route runs east west along the A3205/Battersea Park Road, but the route leaves the Borough to the north over Chelsea Bridge. The route begins in Wandsworth Town and runs to Millbank, City of Westminster, passing Chelsea and the Tate Britain en route. Although CS8 leaves the Borough to the north, cycling infrastructure is provided along the entire A3205 route between Wandsworth Town and Nine Elms. This means that there is a continuous, signposted cycle route primarily along designated cycle lanes from Wandsworth Town and Battersea to Vauxhall, Lambeth, and the South Bank. Quietway 4 (Q4) runs from Clapham Common to Earlsfield in the Borough, through Wandsworth Common. The Wandle Trail is a shared use trail for cyclists and pedestrians between Wandsworth Town and Waddon. The route is signposted and mainly traffic free. It runs through Earlsfield, Colliers Wood, Morden, Mitcham, and Carshalton along the way. The Santander Cycles bike sharing system operates in Putney, Wandsworth Town, and Battersea.

Whitelands College was founded Chelsea in 1842 by the Church of England, and heavily under the influence of John Ruskin. In 1930/1931 the college relocated to West Hill (Wandsworth Borough) and occupied an enormous purpose built site, with buildings designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. These buildings, now listed, were one of the Borough's largest educational sites until 2005 when the College, again moved, this time to a site in Roehampton, where it is now a constituent College of Roehampton University. The borough's schools include Emanuel School, Graveney School, Southfields Academy, Burntwood School, Ashcroft Technology Academy, Ernest Bevin Academy, Ark Bolingbroke Academy, Ark Putney Academy and Chestnut Grove Academy.

The dominant religion of the borough is Christianity, although the area is also home to a number of other religious communities. The community is home to a number of Sikhs, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists and Hindus. According to the 2011 Census, approximately 35% of Wandsworth identified as being non religious, or chose not to state their faith. The following shows the religious identity of residents residing in Wandsworth according to the 2001, 2011 and the 2021 censuses. Religion20012011 2021Number%Number%Number%Holds religious beliefs185,51571.2200,13865.2185,45756.6Christian160,94661.8162,59053.0139,65642.6Muslim13,5295.224,7468.132,5199.9Jewish1,6910.61,6170.51,7560.5Hindu5,9292.36,4962.16,4192.0Sikh6510.38320.39670.3Buddhist1,8430.72,5740.82,2750.7Other religion9260.41,2830.41,8710.6No religion52,04220.082,74027.0118,54336.2Religion not stated22,8238.824,1177.823,5007.2Total population260,380100.0306,995100.0327,500100.0