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Electoral wardE05011787

Coly Valley ward, East Devon

Coly Valley is one of 30 electoral wards of East Devon District Council, in Devon (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 4,709 residents in 2,117 households — 68 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Honiton and Sidmouth constituency; for county elections it is in the Seaton & Colyton division.

Residents, 20214,709council ward average 5,028
Households2,1172.22 residents per household
Density68/ km²about 68.85 km² · East Devon 185
Aged 65+36.6%East Devon: 30.0% · under 16: 12.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.3% · 157
5–93.7% · 176
10–155.3% · 251
16–193.1% · 145
20–244.1% · 195
25–347.1% · 332
35–4912.3% · 577
50–6424.5% · 1,154
65–7417.9% · 841
75–8413.1% · 619
85+5.5% · 261

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van9.5% · 201
1 car or van39.5% · 836
2 cars or vans32.6% · 690
3 or more18.3% · 388
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright56.1% · 1,189
With mortgage20.0% · 424
Shared ownership0.4% · 8
Social rented10.1% · 214
Private rented13.4% · 283
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house53.0% · 1,125
Semi-detached house27.5% · 583
Terraced house13.2% · 281
Purpose-built flat2.2% · 46
Converted house1.6% · 34
Other conversion1.0% · 21
Above shop / office0.8% · 16
Caravan, mobile0.7% · 15
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.