1. Home
  2. Councils
  3. St Helens
  4. Wards
  5. Newton-le-Willows West
Electoral wardE05014127

Newton-le-Willows West ward, St Helens

Newton-le-Willows West is one of 18 electoral wards of St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 12,792 residents in 5,734 households — 3,038 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the St Helens North constituency.

Residents, 202112,792council ward average 10,180
Households5,7342.23 residents per household
Density3,038/ km²about 4.21 km² · St Helens 1,344
Aged 65+14.9%St Helens: 20.5% · under 16: 19.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.0% · 770
5–96.2% · 797
10–157.4% · 950
16–194.0% · 507
20–245.3% · 679
25–3416.8% · 2,151
35–4920.1% · 2,575
50–6419.2% · 2,459
65–748.2% · 1,043
75–845.1% · 646
85+1.7% · 215

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van23.8% · 1,364
1 car or van42.1% · 2,413
2 cars or vans27.9% · 1,597
3 or more6.3% · 360
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; St Helens overall: 64.2% owned, 19.7% social rented, 15.1% private rented.

Owned outright23.3% · 1,338
With mortgage31.9% · 1,829
Shared ownership1.8% · 103
Social rented26.5% · 1,522
Private rented16.4% · 939
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house15.5% · 886
Semi-detached house45.7% · 2,620
Terraced house26.8% · 1,536
Purpose-built flat9.6% · 550
Converted house1.2% · 69
Other conversion0.5% · 26
Above shop / office0.7% · 40
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 7
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.