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Plymouth City Council

Local authority area: City of Plymouth

City of Plymouth is an unitary authority, in the South West England region of England. It covers 79.8 km² and had 266,862 residents in 2022 — about 3,343 people per km². The council is based in Plymouth.

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People

Population

Estimates recorded for City of Plymouth, 2012–2022.

Residents, 2022266,862+3.4% since 2012

Land area79.8km²30.8 sq mi

Density3,343/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#94of 382 UK councils · #87 in England

Population estimates4 data points

258K262.7K263.1K266.9K

2012201520182022

Same region, same type

Other unitary authorities in South West

All councils in South West

Somerset576,852 Cornwall575,413 Wiltshire515,885 City of Bristol479,024 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole401,898 Dorset383,274 South Gloucestershire294,765 Swindon235,657 North Somerset219,145 Bath and North East Somerset195,618 Torbay139,479 Isles of Scilly2,281

Elections

20 electoral wards

Census 2021: 264,695 residents in 114,558 households across the wards; 18.5% aged 65+, 57.6% of homes owned, 24.9% of households without a car.

1St Peter and the Waterfront8,951 households · 15.0% aged 65+17,744 2Devonport7,452 households · 12.5% aged 65+16,323 3Ham6,113 households · 16.4% aged 65+14,376 4Plymstock Radford6,102 households · 23.7% aged 65+14,300 5Honicknowle6,133 households · 19.4% aged 65+14,271 6Efford and Lipson5,997 households · 14.6% aged 65+14,199

All wards of City of Plymouth

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Council offices

Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.

TPlymouth Council HouseTown hall · Plymouth PL1 2AA · hours listed

Westminster

Constituencies

Plymouth Moor View · 8 wards Plymouth Sutton and Devonport · 8 wards South West Devon · 5 wards

Source: Wikidata Q21674890 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.