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Hayle West ward, Cornwall

Hayle West is one of 87 electoral wards of Cornwall Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 7,476 residents in 3,235 households — 2,540 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Camborne and Redruth constituency.

Residents, 20217,476council ward average 6,558
Households3,2352.31 residents per household
Density2,540/ km²about 2.94 km² · Cornwall 161
Aged 65+23.5%Cornwall: 25.3% · under 16: 17.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.8% · 358
5–95.6% · 419
10–156.9% · 513
16–194.5% · 335
20–244.7% · 354
25–3412.2% · 909
35–4917.5% · 1,312
50–6420.3% · 1,521
65–7412.4% · 927
75–848.0% · 599
85+3.1% · 231

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van18.1% · 584
1 car or van42.7% · 1,381
2 cars or vans29.1% · 942
3 or more10.1% · 328
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright36.5% · 1,180
With mortgage24.6% · 795
Shared ownership2.1% · 68
Social rented19.2% · 620
Private rented17.6% · 570
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house26.4% · 853
Semi-detached house25.8% · 835
Terraced house34.4% · 1,112
Purpose-built flat7.6% · 247
Converted house2.8% · 91
Other conversion1.5% · 47
Above shop / office1.4% · 45
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.