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Electoral wardE05002079

Compton ward, City of Plymouth

Compton is one of 20 electoral wards of Plymouth City Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 12,283 residents in 5,225 households — 4,961 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Plymouth Sutton and Devonport constituency.

Residents, 202112,283council ward average 13,235
Households5,2252.35 residents per household
Density4,961/ km²about 2.48 km² · City of Plymouth 3,313
Aged 65+19.7%City of Plymouth: 18.5% · under 16: 15.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.1% · 507
5–94.6% · 564
10–156.8% · 837
16–194.6% · 561
20–248.7% · 1,070
25–3413.4% · 1,642
35–4918.6% · 2,280
50–6419.5% · 2,397
65–749.4% · 1,159
75–846.5% · 800
85+3.8% · 467

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van21.1% · 1,102
1 car or van41.2% · 2,155
2 cars or vans28.4% · 1,487
3 or more9.3% · 484
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; City of Plymouth overall: 57.6% owned, 18.4% social rented, 22.6% private rented.

Owned outright32.5% · 1,697
With mortgage34.0% · 1,776
Shared ownership0.4% · 20
Social rented6.7% · 351
Private rented26.4% · 1,380
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house14.9% · 781
Semi-detached house32.8% · 1,716
Terraced house25.3% · 1,324
Purpose-built flat11.1% · 578
Converted house14.2% · 744
Other conversion0.7% · 36
Above shop / office0.9% · 45
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05002079
Region
South West
Density rank in council
6 of 20

Other wards in the same constituency

DDevonport12.5% aged 65+ · 37.6% owned16,323DDrake7.1% aged 65+ · 23.7% owned11,048EEfford and Lipson14.6% aged 65+ · 50.3% owned14,199PPeverell17.8% aged 65+ · 75.2% owned13,476SSt Peter and the Waterfront15.0% aged 65+ · 25.8% owned17,744SStoke17.0% aged 65+ · 55.9% owned13,439SSutton and Mount Gould11.9% aged 65+ · 45.5% owned14,145

All 20 wards of City of Plymouth

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.