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Bodmin St Petroc's ward, Cornwall

Bodmin St Petroc's is one of 87 electoral wards of Cornwall Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 6,863 residents in 2,896 households — 1,048 people per km², the 26th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Cornwall constituency.

Residents, 20216,863council ward average 6,558
Households2,8962.37 residents per household
Density1,048/ km²about 6.55 km² · Cornwall 161
Aged 65+21.9%Cornwall: 25.3% · under 16: 17.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.1% · 353
5–95.4% · 369
10–157.2% · 491
16–194.0% · 272
20–244.9% · 336
25–3413.5% · 929
35–4918.1% · 1,240
50–6419.9% · 1,369
65–7411.0% · 757
75–847.3% · 498
85+3.6% · 249

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van15.4% · 446
1 car or van42.4% · 1,229
2 cars or vans29.9% · 865
3 or more12.3% · 356
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Cornwall overall: 66.2% owned, 12.8% social rented, 19.7% private rented.

Owned outright35.2% · 1,021
With mortgage27.4% · 793
Shared ownership1.7% · 49
Social rented10.6% · 307
Private rented25.0% · 725
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house39.2% · 1,135
Semi-detached house25.8% · 746
Terraced house19.5% · 564
Purpose-built flat8.6% · 248
Converted house2.8% · 81
Other conversion2.6% · 76
Above shop / office1.5% · 43
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.