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Electoral wardE05013303

Liskeard South & Dobwalls ward, Cornwall

Liskeard South & Dobwalls is one of 87 electoral wards of Cornwall Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 7,354 residents in 3,323 households — 127 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the South East Cornwall constituency.

Residents, 20217,354council ward average 6,558
Households3,3232.21 residents per household
Density127/ km²about 57.86 km² · Cornwall 161
Aged 65+27.7%Cornwall: 25.3% · under 16: 16.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.6% · 341
5–95.4% · 394
10–156.3% · 463
16–193.7% · 270
20–244.1% · 298
25–3410.0% · 733
35–4915.7% · 1,156
50–6422.6% · 1,663
65–7415.8% · 1,161
75–848.5% · 627
85+3.4% · 249

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van15.6% · 517
1 car or van42.1% · 1,399
2 cars or vans29.6% · 984
3 or more12.7% · 421
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright41.7% · 1,387
With mortgage23.3% · 773
Shared ownership1.6% · 54
Social rented18.1% · 602
Private rented15.1% · 501
Lives rent free0.2% · 6

Type of home

Detached house38.4% · 1,276
Semi-detached house32.2% · 1,069
Terraced house20.9% · 694
Purpose-built flat5.9% · 195
Converted house1.4% · 45
Other conversion0.7% · 23
Above shop / office0.3% · 10
Caravan, mobile0.4% · 12
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.