Electoral wardE05010948
Whiston and Cronton ward, Knowsley
Whiston and Cronton is one of 15 electoral wards of Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 9,079 residents in 3,925 households — 720 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the St Helens South and Whiston and Widnes and Halewood constituencies.
Residents, 20219,079council ward average 10,301
Households3,9252.31 residents per household
Density720/ km²about 12.61 km² · Knowsley 1,786
Aged 65+20.4%Knowsley: 17.0% · under 16: 18.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.4% · 492
5–95.8% · 530
10–157.5% · 679
16–194.5% · 406
20–245.6% · 508
25–3412.1% · 1,099
35–4916.8% · 1,521
50–6421.9% · 1,988
65–7411.3% · 1,029
75–846.9% · 628
85+2.2% · 199
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van25.7% · 1,009
1 car or van43.5% · 1,706
2 cars or vans24.1% · 944
3 or more6.7% · 264
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Knowsley overall: 59.4% owned, 25.3% social rented, 14.3% private rented.
Owned outright35.5% · 1,394
With mortgage30.3% · 1,191
Shared ownership0.5% · 18
Social rented20.6% · 810
Private rented12.9% · 507
Lives rent free0.1% · 5
Type of home
Detached house12.0% · 472
Semi-detached house45.9% · 1,801
Terraced house32.2% · 1,263
Purpose-built flat6.0% · 236
Converted house0.4% · 15
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.4% · 17
Caravan, mobile3.0% · 117
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010948- Constituency
- St Helens South and Whiston, Widnes and Halewood
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 14 of 15
Parishes in the ward
CrontonWhiston
Council offices in this ward
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.