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Electoral wardE05002090

Plympton St Mary ward, City of Plymouth

Plympton St Mary is one of 20 electoral wards of Plymouth City Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 12,582 residents in 5,301 households — 2,290 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the South West Devon constituency.

Residents, 202112,582council ward average 13,235
Households5,3012.37 residents per household
Density2,290/ km²about 5.50 km² · City of Plymouth 3,313
Aged 65+27.1%City of Plymouth: 18.5% · under 16: 16.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.7% · 462
5–95.3% · 672
10–157.4% · 927
16–194.4% · 558
20–244.2% · 533
25–349.3% · 1,165
35–4917.9% · 2,254
50–6420.7% · 2,607
65–7412.9% · 1,623
75–8410.2% · 1,282
85+4.0% · 500

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van12.5% · 665
1 car or van40.7% · 2,156
2 cars or vans34.6% · 1,835
3 or more12.2% · 645
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright48.3% · 2,559
With mortgage35.9% · 1,903
Shared ownership0.7% · 38
Social rented4.1% · 216
Private rented11.0% · 585
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house19.4% · 1,027
Semi-detached house62.5% · 3,313
Terraced house10.1% · 533
Purpose-built flat6.5% · 346
Converted house0.8% · 44
Other conversion0.1% · 7
Above shop / office0.6% · 30
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
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.