Electoral wardE05010941
Prescot South ward, Knowsley
Prescot South is one of 15 electoral wards of Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 10,122 residents in 4,238 households — 5,694 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the St Helens South and Whiston constituency.
Residents, 202110,122council ward average 10,301
Households4,2382.39 residents per household
Density5,694/ km²about 1.78 km² · Knowsley 1,786
Aged 65+16.4%Knowsley: 17.0% · under 16: 19.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.8% · 589
5–96.2% · 632
10–157.4% · 754
16–194.2% · 427
20–245.2% · 531
25–3414.6% · 1,479
35–4917.8% · 1,802
50–6422.2% · 2,249
65–749.4% · 953
75–845.4% · 543
85+1.6% · 163
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van27.0% · 1,143
1 car or van42.5% · 1,800
2 cars or vans24.3% · 1,029
3 or more6.2% · 263
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Knowsley overall: 59.4% owned, 25.3% social rented, 14.3% private rented.
Owned outright30.5% · 1,292
With mortgage33.0% · 1,400
Shared ownership0.6% · 25
Social rented20.7% · 878
Private rented15.1% · 639
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house16.8% · 714
Semi-detached house47.3% · 2,005
Terraced house24.5% · 1,039
Purpose-built flat10.7% · 455
Converted house0.1% · 5
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.4% · 18
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010941- Constituency
- St Helens South and Whiston
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 3 of 15
Parishes in the ward
PrescotWhiston
Other wards in the same constituency
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.