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Electoral wardE05014208

St Michael's ward, Cumberland

St Michael's is one of 46 electoral wards of Cumberland Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 5,368 residents in 2,857 households — 2,160 people per km², the 35th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Whitehaven and Workington constituency.

Residents, 20215,368council ward average 5,940
Households2,8571.88 residents per household
Density2,160/ km²about 2.49 km² · Cumberland 91
Aged 65+18.2%Cumberland: 23.1% · under 16: 14.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.7% · 250
5–94.3% · 232
10–155.4% · 290
16–193.9% · 207
20–246.4% · 342
25–3415.5% · 831
35–4918.5% · 992
50–6423.2% · 1,246
65–7410.5% · 565
75–845.7% · 308
85+2.0% · 106

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van35.0% · 1,001
1 car or van45.4% · 1,298
2 cars or vans15.4% · 440
3 or more4.1% · 117
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Cumberland overall: 68.5% owned, 16.7% social rented, 14.1% private rented.

Owned outright32.6% · 930
With mortgage24.9% · 710
Shared ownership0.1% · 2
Social rented17.0% · 484
Private rented25.4% · 726
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house3.2% · 91
Semi-detached house10.2% · 291
Terraced house72.0% · 2,057
Purpose-built flat10.4% · 298
Converted house2.0% · 56
Other conversion1.2% · 33
Above shop / office0.9% · 27
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014208
Region
North West
Density rank in council
12 of 46

Parishes in the ward

Workington

Other wards in the same constituency

BBransty21.3% aged 65+ · 71.6% owned5,069CCleator Moor East and Frizington22.5% aged 65+ · 70.5% owned5,284CCleator Moor West21.1% aged 65+ · 65.2% owned5,850CCockermouth South27.6% aged 65+ · 84.5% owned6,059EEgremont22.2% aged 65+ · 63.9% owned5,794EEgremont North and St Bees21.5% aged 65+ · 70.5% owned5,550GGosforth28.8% aged 65+ · 84.0% owned5,835HHarrington19.8% aged 65+ · 68.4% owned6,704HHillcrest and Hensingham24.8% aged 65+ · 84.2% owned5,533HHowgate23.2% aged 65+ · 70.6% owned5,687KKells and Sandwith19.4% aged 65+ · 59.4% owned6,342MMaryport South19.2% aged 65+ · 49.7% owned6,588MMillom Without30.6% aged 65+ · 78.7% owned4,961MMirehouse21.0% aged 65+ · 68.4% owned5,481

All 46 wards of Cumberland

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.