Electoral wardE05014132
St Helens Town Centre ward, St Helens
St Helens Town Centre is one of 18 electoral wards of St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 7,925 residents in 4,082 households — 2,937 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the St Helens South and Whiston constituency.
Residents, 20217,925council ward average 10,180
Households4,0821.94 residents per household
Density2,937/ km²about 2.70 km² · St Helens 1,344
Aged 65+15.5%St Helens: 20.5% · under 16: 15.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.7% · 452
5–94.7% · 375
10–155.5% · 434
16–194.3% · 340
20–247.2% · 570
25–3417.4% · 1,379
35–4919.8% · 1,568
50–6419.9% · 1,575
65–748.4% · 662
75–845.1% · 408
85+2.0% · 161
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van46.0% · 1,878
1 car or van40.2% · 1,641
2 cars or vans11.3% · 461
3 or more2.5% · 102
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; St Helens overall: 64.2% owned, 19.7% social rented, 15.1% private rented.
Owned outright19.1% · 779
With mortgage16.1% · 659
Shared ownership0.6% · 24
Social rented31.5% · 1,287
Private rented32.5% · 1,325
Lives rent free0.2% · 8
Type of home
Detached house5.8% · 235
Semi-detached house17.0% · 692
Terraced house44.9% · 1,834
Purpose-built flat24.6% · 1,005
Converted house2.8% · 116
Other conversion2.8% · 114
Above shop / office2.1% · 84
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014132- Constituency
- St Helens South and Whiston
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 6 of 18
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
BBold & Lea Green15.9% aged 65+ · 63.6% owned11,994EEccleston26.9% aged 65+ · 85.0% owned10,401PPeasley Cross & Fingerpost15.3% aged 65+ · 35.4% owned3,329RRainhill27.8% aged 65+ · 80.9% owned11,426SSutton North West20.8% aged 65+ · 68.9% owned7,052SSutton South East18.5% aged 65+ · 63.4% owned6,597TThatto Heath18.3% aged 65+ · 55.2% owned13,247WWest Park18.0% aged 65+ · 61.2% owned11,574
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.