Heart of Glass / A Modest Proposal
The resident population of St Helens is currently just under
The population pyramid for St Helens is similar to that of England; however there is a larger proportion of people aged between 50 and 79 years old and proportionally fewer aged less than 40 years. Parr, Bold, Thatto Heath and Earlestown wards have the highest proportions aged 0 to 15 years (each ward with more than 20 per cent of residents in this age group).
MORE THAN A QUARTER 26.9 PER CENT OF CHILDREN WITHIN ST HELENS LIVE IN POVERTY.
THE TOWN WAS OFFICIALLY INCORPORATED IN 1868, AND SO WILL CELEBRATE ITS 150TH BIRTHDAY IN 2018 although the history of the borough stretches back much, much farther than 1868.
There is very little ethnic minority representation in the St Helens population. Some 96+ per cent of the St Helens’ population describes itself as White British.
The town’s industrial heritage, and links to invention and innovation are second to none – this place was really a centre of industrialised Britain.
Founded in 1826 Pilkington Glass has historically been the biggest employer in the town and was taken over by
Nippon Sheet Glass (NSG) in 2006.
St Helens’ economic decline was further compounded the closing of the collieries and the town has never really recovered or replaced these two employers. The demise of local mines in the borough and the wasteland left behind became integral to the town being the focus of the Big Art project on Channel 4, culminating in the development of The Dream sculpture at Bold Forest Park.
ST HELENS IS HOME TO THE ‘MIGHTY SAINTS’, THE ST HELENS RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB.
Worklessness statistics are higher than the rest of the region and the country. The number of households having no employed adults currently stands at 24 per cent (A) compared with an average of 20 per cent (B) in the north-west.
There is a huge number of brass bands, choirs and local heritage groups.
Mapping by Heart of Glass has revealed more than 115 voluntary arts groups operating in the borough. Most are small and unfunded, and they are all run by individuals and groups passionate about their art form.
SON OF ST HELENS, SCREENWRITER AND NOVELIST FRANK COTTRELL BOYCE, USED THE TOWN MOTTO ‘EX TERRA LUCEM’, WHICH MEANS ‘FROM THE EARTH CAME LIGHT’ AS HIS THEME FOR THE 2012 OLYMPIC OPENING CEREMONY.
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