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Electoral wardE05002082

Efford and Lipson ward, City of Plymouth

Efford and Lipson is one of 20 electoral wards of Plymouth City Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 14,199 residents in 5,997 households — 4,572 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Plymouth Sutton and Devonport constituency.

Residents, 202114,199council ward average 13,235
Households5,9972.37 residents per household
Density4,572/ km²about 3.11 km² · City of Plymouth 3,313
Aged 65+14.6%City of Plymouth: 18.5% · under 16: 18.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.5% · 784
5–95.8% · 818
10–157.3% · 1,034
16–195.0% · 711
20–2410.2% · 1,452
25–3415.7% · 2,231
35–4918.3% · 2,593
50–6417.6% · 2,506
65–748.3% · 1,175
75–844.8% · 686
85+1.5% · 209

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van27.7% · 1,661
1 car or van44.4% · 2,665
2 cars or vans22.2% · 1,332
3 or more5.7% · 339
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright22.3% · 1,339
With mortgage28.0% · 1,677
Shared ownership1.1% · 64
Social rented24.5% · 1,467
Private rented24.1% · 1,442
Lives rent free0.1% · 6

Type of home

Detached house4.8% · 288
Semi-detached house33.4% · 2,000
Terraced house41.4% · 2,480
Purpose-built flat12.1% · 723
Converted house7.5% · 452
Other conversion0.4% · 23
Above shop / office0.3% · 19
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 12
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.