Electoral wardE05002078
Budshead ward, City of Plymouth
Budshead is one of 20 electoral wards of Plymouth City Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 13,256 residents in 5,773 households — 2,890 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Plymouth Moor View constituency.
Residents, 202113,256council ward average 13,235
Households5,7732.3 residents per household
Density2,890/ km²about 4.59 km² · City of Plymouth 3,313
Aged 65+18.4%City of Plymouth: 18.5% · under 16: 20.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.0% · 790
5–96.5% · 867
10–157.8% · 1,034
16–193.9% · 511
20–245.3% · 696
25–3413.4% · 1,771
35–4918.6% · 2,467
50–6420.2% · 2,675
65–749.8% · 1,298
75–846.0% · 789
85+2.7% · 358
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van23.0% · 1,329
1 car or van43.6% · 2,517
2 cars or vans26.0% · 1,500
3 or more7.4% · 427
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; City of Plymouth overall: 57.6% owned, 18.4% social rented, 22.6% private rented.
Owned outright28.5% · 1,646
With mortgage26.6% · 1,535
Shared ownership1.6% · 93
Social rented29.2% · 1,686
Private rented13.7% · 791
Lives rent free0.4% · 22
Type of home
Detached house20.6% · 1,191
Semi-detached house28.9% · 1,668
Terraced house27.6% · 1,592
Purpose-built flat17.5% · 1,013
Converted house4.8% · 279
Other conversion0.2% · 14
Above shop / office0.2% · 13
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05002078- Council
- Plymouth City Council
- Constituency
- Plymouth Moor View
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 14 of 20
Other wards in the same constituency
EEggbuckland23.3% aged 65+ · 72.1% owned13,081HHam16.4% aged 65+ · 57.2% owned14,376HHonicknowle19.4% aged 65+ · 50.4% owned14,271MMoor View26.2% aged 65+ · 67.0% owned13,380PPeverell17.8% aged 65+ · 75.2% owned13,476SSouthway18.9% aged 65+ · 59.8% owned13,758SSt Budeaux17.1% aged 65+ · 52.6% owned13,218
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.