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Electoral wardE05013762

St Helier West ward, London Borough of Sutton

St Helier West is one of 20 electoral wards of Sutton London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 12,178 residents in 4,420 households — 8,404 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Carshalton and Wallington constituency.

Residents, 202112,178council ward average 10,482
Households4,4202.76 residents per household
Density8,404/ km²about 1.45 km² · London Borough of Sutton 4,781
Aged 65+10.6%London Borough of Sutton: 15.1% · under 16: 22.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.0% · 731
5–96.9% · 843
10–159.3% · 1,132
16–195.5% · 669
20–246.0% · 735
25–3413.3% · 1,614
35–4922.9% · 2,786
50–6419.5% · 2,375
65–745.9% · 724
75–843.3% · 404
85+1.4% · 165

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van27.3% · 1,208
1 car or van45.3% · 2,003
2 cars or vans21.4% · 947
3 or more5.9% · 260
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; London Borough of Sutton overall: 64.4% owned, 14.2% social rented, 20.3% private rented.

Owned outright15.3% · 678
With mortgage31.7% · 1,402
Shared ownership1.3% · 59
Social rented37.9% · 1,673
Private rented13.5% · 597
Lives rent free0.2% · 11

Type of home

Detached house3.5% · 154
Semi-detached house17.7% · 783
Terraced house58.3% · 2,576
Purpose-built flat16.5% · 728
Converted house2.6% · 114
Other conversion0.2% · 10
Above shop / office1.2% · 54
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
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.