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Falmouth Arwenack ward, Cornwall

Falmouth Arwenack is one of 87 electoral wards of Cornwall Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 5,941 residents in 2,484 households — 2,587 people per km², the 73rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Truro and Falmouth constituency.

Residents, 20215,941council ward average 6,558
Households2,4842.39 residents per household
Density2,587/ km²about 2.30 km² · Cornwall 161
Aged 65+25.9%Cornwall: 25.3% · under 16: 8.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–42.5% · 146
5–92.8% · 164
10–153.4% · 201
16–196.1% · 364
20–2420.4% · 1,213
25–3411.0% · 653
35–4912.4% · 737
50–6415.6% · 926
65–7412.6% · 748
75–848.4% · 500
85+4.9% · 294

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van22.9% · 569
1 car or van45.3% · 1,125
2 cars or vans22.2% · 552
3 or more9.6% · 239
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright43.2% · 1,072
With mortgage18.7% · 464
Shared ownership0.3% · 8
Social rented5.2% · 128
Private rented32.6% · 808
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house19.7% · 490
Semi-detached house15.7% · 390
Terraced house20.4% · 507
Purpose-built flat25.4% · 630
Converted house11.7% · 290
Other conversion3.3% · 82
Above shop / office3.2% · 79
Caravan, mobile0.7% · 17
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.