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Thatto Heath ward, St Helens

Thatto Heath is one of 18 electoral wards of St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 13,247 residents in 5,719 households — 2,516 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the St Helens South and Whiston constituency.

Residents, 202113,247council ward average 10,180
Households5,7192.32 residents per household
Density2,516/ km²about 5.26 km² · St Helens 1,344
Aged 65+18.3%St Helens: 20.5% · under 16: 19.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.3% · 701
5–96.2% · 817
10–157.6% · 1,001
16–194.9% · 650
20–245.4% · 720
25–3412.4% · 1,637
35–4919.1% · 2,534
50–6420.8% · 2,758
65–749.9% · 1,314
75–846.3% · 833
85+2.1% · 282

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van28.6% · 1,636
1 car or van41.2% · 2,358
2 cars or vans23.4% · 1,338
3 or more6.8% · 387
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright28.0% · 1,600
With mortgage27.2% · 1,555
Shared ownership0.8% · 44
Social rented27.4% · 1,568
Private rented16.5% · 946
Lives rent free0.1% · 6

Type of home

Detached house17.0% · 976
Semi-detached house37.3% · 2,136
Terraced house33.9% · 1,939
Purpose-built flat10.5% · 603
Converted house0.4% · 23
Other conversion0.1% · 7
Above shop / office0.4% · 24
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 17
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.