Electoral wardE05014121
Blackbrook ward, St Helens
Blackbrook is one of 18 electoral wards of St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 10,593 residents in 4,554 households — 3,402 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the St Helens North constituency.
Residents, 202110,593council ward average 10,180
Households4,5542.33 residents per household
Density3,402/ km²about 3.11 km² · St Helens 1,344
Aged 65+23.1%St Helens: 20.5% · under 16: 17.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.6% · 492
5–95.4% · 575
10–156.9% · 729
16–194.2% · 444
20–245.0% · 528
25–3411.6% · 1,228
35–4918.2% · 1,930
50–6421.0% · 2,221
65–7413.6% · 1,440
75–847.3% · 773
85+2.2% · 234
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van20.3% · 924
1 car or van43.9% · 2,001
2 cars or vans27.7% · 1,260
3 or more8.1% · 369
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; St Helens overall: 64.2% owned, 19.7% social rented, 15.1% private rented.
Owned outright40.0% · 1,821
With mortgage30.1% · 1,373
Shared ownership0.4% · 16
Social rented18.0% · 820
Private rented11.5% · 523
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house6.1% · 277
Semi-detached house69.6% · 3,166
Terraced house21.9% · 998
Purpose-built flat1.9% · 85
Converted house0.2% · 10
Other conversion0.0% · 2
Above shop / office0.3% · 13
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014121- Constituency
- St Helens North
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 3 of 18
Other wards in the same constituency
BBillinge & Seneley Green30.2% aged 65+ · 83.2% owned10,462HHaydock22.9% aged 65+ · 67.6% owned10,842MMoss Bank23.2% aged 65+ · 67.4% owned10,836NNewton-le-Willows East15.9% aged 65+ · 64.9% owned12,569NNewton-le-Willows West14.9% aged 65+ · 55.2% owned12,792PParr14.0% aged 65+ · 39.2% owned12,808RRainford31.1% aged 65+ · 83.6% owned7,846SSutton South East18.5% aged 65+ · 63.4% owned6,597WWindle18.9% aged 65+ · 67.9% owned10,955
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.