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St Ives West & Towednack ward, Cornwall

St Ives West & Towednack is one of 87 electoral wards of Cornwall Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 5,998 residents in 2,858 households — 308 people per km², the 69th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the St Ives constituency.

Residents, 20215,998council ward average 6,558
Households2,8582.1 residents per household
Density308/ km²about 19.51 km² · Cornwall 161
Aged 65+28.2%Cornwall: 25.3% · under 16: 13.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.3% · 196
5–94.6% · 273
10–156.0% · 362
16–193.4% · 206
20–244.5% · 269
25–349.5% · 571
35–4917.4% · 1,046
50–6423.1% · 1,383
65–7415.7% · 942
75–849.2% · 550
85+3.3% · 197

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van25.9% · 741
1 car or van45.7% · 1,306
2 cars or vans21.4% · 612
3 or more6.9% · 198
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright38.4% · 1,099
With mortgage18.4% · 525
Shared ownership1.6% · 45
Social rented22.8% · 653
Private rented18.7% · 535
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house19.6% · 559
Semi-detached house26.2% · 748
Terraced house32.7% · 933
Purpose-built flat10.4% · 298
Converted house7.1% · 203
Other conversion2.0% · 56
Above shop / office1.7% · 48
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.