Electoral wardE05013824
St Helier ward, London Borough of Merton
St Helier is one of 20 electoral wards of Merton London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 11,311 residents in 4,084 households — 8,056 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Mitcham and Morden constituency.
Residents, 202111,311council ward average 10,759
Households4,0842.77 residents per household
Density8,056/ km²about 1.40 km² · London Borough of Merton 5,717
Aged 65+10.3%London Borough of Merton: 12.6% · under 16: 20.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.1% · 691
5–96.2% · 706
10–158.3% · 936
16–194.7% · 527
20–246.1% · 693
25–3416.3% · 1,845
35–4923.9% · 2,699
50–6418.2% · 2,055
65–745.4% · 609
75–843.4% · 387
85+1.4% · 164
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van33.4% · 1,365
1 car or van47.0% · 1,919
2 cars or vans15.1% · 617
3 or more4.5% · 183
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; London Borough of Merton overall: 55.6% owned, 14.2% social rented, 29.1% private rented.
Owned outright17.1% · 697
With mortgage26.6% · 1,085
Shared ownership0.9% · 37
Social rented29.6% · 1,207
Private rented25.8% · 1,055
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house2.6% · 105
Semi-detached house19.2% · 784
Terraced house46.7% · 1,906
Purpose-built flat26.7% · 1,090
Converted house3.2% · 129
Other conversion0.3% · 14
Above shop / office1.3% · 55
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013824- Constituency
- Mitcham and Morden
- Region
- London
- Density rank in council
- 6 of 20
Other wards in the same constituency
CCannon Hill16.5% aged 65+ · 74.1% owned9,791CColliers Wood9.3% aged 65+ · 42.4% owned11,561CCricket Green11.1% aged 65+ · 37.7% owned11,716FFigge's Marsh10.8% aged 65+ · 42.9% owned11,809GGraveney11.6% aged 65+ · 55.8% owned11,835LLavender Fields8.6% aged 65+ · 43.9% owned11,369LLongthornton12.1% aged 65+ · 62.2% owned11,903LLower Morden17.1% aged 65+ · 77.8% owned11,341PPollards Hill10.9% aged 65+ · 53.8% owned11,646RRavensbury13.4% aged 65+ · 55.6% owned9,480
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.