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St Mewan & Grampound ward, Cornwall

St Mewan & Grampound is one of 87 electoral wards of Cornwall Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 5,581 residents in 2,476 households — 101 people per km², the 83rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the St Austell and Newquay and Truro and Falmouth constituencies.

Residents, 20215,581council ward average 6,558
Households2,4762.25 residents per household
Density101/ km²about 55.15 km² · Cornwall 161
Aged 65+31.4%Cornwall: 25.3% · under 16: 14.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.5% · 196
5–94.5% · 253
10–156.4% · 358
16–193.6% · 199
20–243.9% · 215
25–347.7% · 432
35–4915.1% · 842
50–6423.9% · 1,337
65–7416.1% · 901
75–8411.6% · 650
85+3.6% · 200

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van7.9% · 195
1 car or van40.8% · 1,010
2 cars or vans34.3% · 850
3 or more17.0% · 422
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright52.7% · 1,305
With mortgage24.5% · 608
Shared ownership1.5% · 37
Social rented5.5% · 137
Private rented15.7% · 390

Type of home

Detached house62.3% · 1,544
Semi-detached house19.5% · 482
Terraced house9.2% · 229
Purpose-built flat0.9% · 23
Converted house1.8% · 45
Other conversion0.8% · 20
Above shop / office0.4% · 10
Caravan, mobile5.0% · 124
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.