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Electoral wardE05002085

Honicknowle ward, City of Plymouth

Honicknowle is one of 20 electoral wards of Plymouth City Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 14,271 residents in 6,133 households — 2,865 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Plymouth Moor View constituency.

Residents, 202114,271council ward average 13,235
Households6,1332.33 residents per household
Density2,865/ km²about 4.98 km² · City of Plymouth 3,313
Aged 65+19.4%City of Plymouth: 18.5% · under 16: 20.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.5% · 782
5–96.6% · 947
10–157.9% · 1,133
16–194.7% · 669
20–245.2% · 740
25–3413.4% · 1,911
35–4917.6% · 2,511
50–6419.7% · 2,808
65–7410.7% · 1,527
75–846.4% · 910
85+2.3% · 333

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van27.6% · 1,693
1 car or van44.4% · 2,721
2 cars or vans22.7% · 1,393
3 or more5.3% · 325
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright25.8% · 1,584
With mortgage24.6% · 1,509
Shared ownership1.1% · 70
Social rented35.5% · 2,179
Private rented12.3% · 756
Lives rent free0.6% · 35

Type of home

Detached house4.0% · 248
Semi-detached house44.5% · 2,728
Terraced house32.9% · 2,021
Purpose-built flat15.1% · 925
Converted house2.9% · 176
Other conversion0.2% · 14
Above shop / office0.3% · 18
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
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.