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Helston South & Meneage ward, Cornwall

Helston South & Meneage is one of 87 electoral wards of Cornwall Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 7,426 residents in 3,039 households — 120 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the St Ives constituency.

Residents, 20217,426council ward average 6,558
Households3,0392.44 residents per household
Density120/ km²about 61.93 km² · Cornwall 161
Aged 65+18.5%Cornwall: 25.3% · under 16: 21.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.7% · 494
5–97.3% · 540
10–157.7% · 573
16–194.1% · 305
20–245.1% · 380
25–3413.7% · 1,020
35–4918.3% · 1,362
50–6418.5% · 1,375
65–7410.5% · 779
75–846.1% · 450
85+2.0% · 148

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van11.8% · 359
1 car or van42.9% · 1,305
2 cars or vans32.3% · 982
3 or more12.9% · 393
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright35.9% · 1,092
With mortgage23.6% · 718
Shared ownership1.4% · 43
Social rented11.0% · 333
Private rented28.1% · 854

Type of home

Detached house36.9% · 1,122
Semi-detached house22.7% · 690
Terraced house24.7% · 750
Purpose-built flat6.1% · 186
Converted house1.7% · 51
Other conversion1.4% · 42
Above shop / office1.0% · 29
Caravan, mobile5.6% · 169
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.