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Electoral wardE05011794

Exmouth Town ward, East Devon

Exmouth Town is one of 30 electoral wards of East Devon District Council, in Devon (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 7,307 residents in 3,498 households — 5,741 people per km², the 8th 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 division.

Residents, 20217,307council ward average 5,028
Households3,4982.09 residents per household
Density5,741/ km²about 1.27 km² · East Devon 185
Aged 65+20.7%East Devon: 30.0% · under 16: 15.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.0% · 290
5–94.9% · 359
10–156.2% · 451
16–194.0% · 292
20–245.7% · 419
25–3412.8% · 934
35–4919.6% · 1,431
50–6422.2% · 1,621
65–7411.6% · 848
75–846.5% · 478
85+2.5% · 183

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van28.8% · 1,007
1 car or van46.5% · 1,626
2 cars or vans18.9% · 660
3 or more5.9% · 205
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright31.0% · 1,085
With mortgage23.3% · 816
Shared ownership0.6% · 20
Social rented5.7% · 201
Private rented39.3% · 1,377
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house4.7% · 164
Semi-detached house10.3% · 361
Terraced house40.4% · 1,414
Purpose-built flat18.2% · 636
Converted house19.6% · 685
Other conversion2.6% · 92
Above shop / office4.1% · 144
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
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.