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Electoral wardE05002081

Drake ward, City of Plymouth

Drake is one of 20 electoral wards of Plymouth City Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 11,048 residents in 3,712 households — 12,664 people per km², the 18th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Plymouth Sutton and Devonport constituency.

Residents, 202111,048council ward average 13,235
Households3,7122.98 residents per household
Density12,664/ km²about 0.87 km² · City of Plymouth 3,313
Aged 65+7.1%City of Plymouth: 18.5% · under 16: 5.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–42.0% · 226
5–91.8% · 204
10–151.8% · 199
16–1915.9% · 1,752
20–2437.7% · 4,166
25–3414.6% · 1,618
35–4911.2% · 1,242
50–647.8% · 860
65–743.8% · 415
75–842.2% · 242
85+1.1% · 125

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van43.1% · 1,600
1 car or van36.3% · 1,348
2 cars or vans13.8% · 511
3 or more6.8% · 253
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright11.8% · 439
With mortgage11.9% · 442
Shared ownership0.6% · 24
Social rented12.5% · 463
Private rented63.1% · 2,343
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house1.9% · 71
Semi-detached house5.5% · 205
Terraced house36.0% · 1,334
Purpose-built flat19.7% · 730
Converted house34.4% · 1,278
Other conversion1.7% · 64
Above shop / office0.7% · 27
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05002081
Region
South West
Density rank in council
1 of 20

Other wards in the same constituency

CCompton19.7% aged 65+ · 66.5% owned12,283DDevonport12.5% aged 65+ · 37.6% owned16,323EEfford 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.