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Holywell West ward, Flintshire

Holywell West is one of 45 electoral wards of Flintshire (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 2,442 residents in 995 households — 920 people per km², the 29th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Clwyd East constituency.

Residents, 20212,442council ward average 3,444
Households9952.45 residents per household
Density920/ km²about 2.65 km² · Flintshire 352
Aged 65+19.9%Flintshire: 21.4% · under 16: 21.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.8% · 141
5–96.8% · 167
10–158.5% · 207
16–194.8% · 116
20–245.3% · 130
25–349.8% · 240
35–4918.8% · 459
50–6420.3% · 495
65–7411.8% · 289
75–846.2% · 152
85+1.8% · 45

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van17.3% · 172
1 car or van38.3% · 381
2 cars or vans30.6% · 304
3 or more13.9% · 138
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Flintshire overall: 71.8% owned, 14.5% social rented, 13.2% private rented.

Owned outright41.9% · 417
With mortgage30.7% · 305
Shared ownership1.4% · 14
Social rented14.0% · 139
Private rented12.0% · 119
Lives rent free0.1% · 1

Type of home

Detached house48.9% · 486
Semi-detached house33.9% · 337
Terraced house13.6% · 135
Purpose-built flat2.8% · 28
Converted house0.4% · 4
Other conversion0.3% · 3
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.