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Poundstock ward, Cornwall

Poundstock is one of 87 electoral wards of Cornwall Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 5,429 residents in 2,269 households — 33 people per km², the 84th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Cornwall constituency.

Residents, 20215,429council ward average 6,558
Households2,2692.39 residents per household
Density33/ km²about 163.03 km² · Cornwall 161
Aged 65+29.9%Cornwall: 25.3% · under 16: 15.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.2% · 226
5–95.7% · 310
10–156.0% · 327
16–193.1% · 166
20–243.1% · 169
25–348.2% · 447
35–4915.6% · 848
50–6424.2% · 1,315
65–7417.2% · 932
75–849.0% · 490
85+3.7% · 200

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van6.0% · 137
1 car or van37.5% · 852
2 cars or vans38.4% · 871
3 or more18.0% · 409
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright54.1% · 1,227
With mortgage21.2% · 481
Shared ownership0.9% · 20
Social rented8.4% · 190
Private rented15.3% · 348
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house66.4% · 1,507
Semi-detached house21.1% · 478
Terraced house7.8% · 177
Purpose-built flat0.9% · 21
Converted house0.7% · 17
Other conversion0.8% · 18
Above shop / office0.4% · 8
Caravan, mobile1.9% · 42
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.