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Budleigh & Raleigh ward, East Devon

Budleigh & Raleigh is one of 30 electoral wards of East Devon District Council, in Devon (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 7,671 residents in 3,599 households — 169 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Exmouth and Exeter East constituency; for county elections it is in the Exmouth & Budleigh Salterton Coastal and Otter Valley divisions.

Residents, 20217,671council ward average 5,028
Households3,5992.13 residents per household
Density169/ km²about 45.28 km² · East Devon 185
Aged 65+42.0%East Devon: 30.0% · under 16: 11.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–42.5% · 195
5–93.6% · 277
10–155.2% · 395
16–194.4% · 336
20–243.0% · 231
25–345.2% · 402
35–4913.3% · 1,020
50–6420.7% · 1,590
65–7419.7% · 1,508
75–8415.4% · 1,180
85+7.0% · 535

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van11.6% · 418
1 car or van45.5% · 1,636
2 cars or vans31.6% · 1,138
3 or more11.3% · 407
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; East Devon overall: 72.1% owned, 10.3% social rented, 16.0% private rented.

Owned outright56.9% · 2,048
With mortgage18.8% · 677
Shared ownership0.8% · 30
Social rented7.8% · 280
Private rented15.6% · 562
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house37.0% · 1,331
Semi-detached house26.1% · 939
Terraced house16.8% · 604
Purpose-built flat12.4% · 445
Converted house5.1% · 184
Other conversion0.9% · 34
Above shop / office1.3% · 48
Caravan, mobile0.4% · 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.