Electoral wardE05002095
Southway ward, City of Plymouth
Southway is one of 20 electoral wards of Plymouth City Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 13,758 residents in 5,785 households — 3,086 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Plymouth Moor View constituency.
Residents, 202113,758council ward average 13,235
Households5,7852.38 residents per household
Density3,086/ km²about 4.46 km² · City of Plymouth 3,313
Aged 65+18.9%City of Plymouth: 18.5% · under 16: 21.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.3% · 863
5–97.4% · 1,013
10–157.6% · 1,048
16–194.2% · 576
20–244.9% · 681
25–3413.9% · 1,914
35–4917.9% · 2,459
50–6418.9% · 2,606
65–749.3% · 1,278
75–847.2% · 997
85+2.3% · 323
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van20.2% · 1,166
1 car or van45.3% · 2,619
2 cars or vans27.0% · 1,562
3 or more7.6% · 438
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; City of Plymouth overall: 57.6% owned, 18.4% social rented, 22.6% private rented.
Owned outright30.7% · 1,778
With mortgage29.1% · 1,684
Shared ownership2.2% · 130
Social rented23.1% · 1,334
Private rented14.7% · 853
Lives rent free0.1% · 6
Type of home
Detached house12.5% · 724
Semi-detached house26.7% · 1,544
Terraced house50.3% · 2,912
Purpose-built flat9.5% · 547
Converted house0.6% · 34
Other conversion0.2% · 9
Above shop / office0.2% · 14
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05002095- Council
- Plymouth City Council
- Constituency
- Plymouth Moor View
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 13 of 20
Other wards in the same constituency
BBudshead18.4% aged 65+ · 55.1% owned13,256EEggbuckland23.3% aged 65+ · 72.1% owned13,081HHam16.4% aged 65+ · 57.2% owned14,376HHonicknowle19.4% aged 65+ · 50.4% owned14,271MMoor View26.2% aged 65+ · 67.0% owned13,380PPeverell17.8% aged 65+ · 75.2% owned13,476SSt Budeaux17.1% aged 65+ · 52.6% owned13,218
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.