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Electoral wardE05002080

Devonport ward, City of Plymouth

Devonport is one of 20 electoral wards of Plymouth City Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 16,323 residents in 7,452 households — 4,304 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Plymouth Sutton and Devonport constituency.

Residents, 202116,323council ward average 13,235
Households7,4522.19 residents per household
Density4,304/ km²about 3.79 km² · City of Plymouth 3,313
Aged 65+12.5%City of Plymouth: 18.5% · under 16: 20.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.8% · 1,116
5–96.8% · 1,111
10–157.1% · 1,152
16–194.1% · 666
20–247.2% · 1,175
25–3416.8% · 2,735
35–4920.7% · 3,382
50–6418.1% · 2,948
65–747.4% · 1,208
75–844.0% · 647
85+1.1% · 183

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van36.6% · 2,726
1 car or van44.5% · 3,318
2 cars or vans15.8% · 1,175
3 or more3.1% · 233
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright16.6% · 1,240
With mortgage21.0% · 1,564
Shared ownership1.4% · 108
Social rented30.9% · 2,301
Private rented30.0% · 2,233
Lives rent free0.1% · 6

Type of home

Detached house1.9% · 142
Semi-detached house9.0% · 671
Terraced house40.2% · 2,994
Purpose-built flat37.0% · 2,755
Converted house9.6% · 716
Other conversion1.0% · 72
Above shop / office1.3% · 96
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05002080
Region
South West
Density rank in council
9 of 20

Other wards in the same constituency

CCompton19.7% aged 65+ · 66.5% owned12,283DDrake7.1% 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.