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Electoral wardE05002094

St Peter and the Waterfront ward, City of Plymouth

St Peter and the Waterfront is one of 20 electoral wards of Plymouth City Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 17,744 residents in 8,951 households — 5,785 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Plymouth Sutton and Devonport constituency.

Residents, 202117,744council ward average 13,235
Households8,9511.98 residents per household
Density5,785/ km²about 3.07 km² · City of Plymouth 3,313
Aged 65+15.0%City of Plymouth: 18.5% · under 16: 11.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.8% · 673
5–93.7% · 648
10–154.1% · 728
16–197.2% · 1,282
20–2414.9% · 2,652
25–3417.6% · 3,121
35–4916.7% · 2,956
50–6417.0% · 3,017
65–748.2% · 1,458
75–844.8% · 849
85+2.0% · 360

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van50.4% · 4,515
1 car or van39.1% · 3,499
2 cars or vans8.6% · 772
3 or more1.8% · 164
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright15.5% · 1,386
With mortgage10.3% · 920
Shared ownership0.9% · 81
Social rented32.1% · 2,875
Private rented41.1% · 3,681
Lives rent free0.1% · 8

Type of home

Detached house1.3% · 117
Semi-detached house2.6% · 235
Terraced house12.3% · 1,097
Purpose-built flat58.3% · 5,218
Converted house16.8% · 1,502
Other conversion6.4% · 572
Above shop / office2.1% · 192
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 16
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.