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Electoral wardE05011801

Ottery St Mary ward, East Devon

Ottery St Mary is one of 30 electoral wards of East Devon District Council, in Devon (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 7,986 residents in 3,398 households — 220 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Honiton and Sidmouth constituency; for county elections it is in the Otter Valley division.

Residents, 20217,986council ward average 5,028
Households3,3982.35 residents per household
Density220/ km²about 36.23 km² · East Devon 185
Aged 65+26.2%East Devon: 30.0% · under 16: 18.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.7% · 376
5–95.7% · 456
10–157.7% · 615
16–194.3% · 342
20–243.9% · 313
25–349.1% · 726
35–4916.8% · 1,342
50–6421.6% · 1,726
65–7413.5% · 1,080
75–848.8% · 700
85+3.9% · 309

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van11.3% · 384
1 car or van38.3% · 1,302
2 cars or vans36.4% · 1,236
3 or more14.0% · 475
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright44.2% · 1,504
With mortgage28.2% · 959
Shared ownership2.2% · 76
Social rented9.7% · 330
Private rented15.5% · 526
Lives rent free0.1% · 4

Type of home

Detached house40.3% · 1,368
Semi-detached house31.8% · 1,079
Terraced house19.9% · 676
Purpose-built flat4.4% · 148
Converted house1.2% · 42
Other conversion0.6% · 20
Above shop / office1.2% · 40
Caravan, mobile0.7% · 24
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05011801
County council
Devon County Council
County division
Otter Valley
Region
South West
Density rank in council
13 of 30

Parishes in the ward

Ottery St. Mary

Other wards in the same constituency

AAxminster28.6% aged 65+ · 65.1% owned8,125BBeer & Branscombe38.7% aged 65+ · 69.4% owned2,353CColy Valley36.6% aged 65+ · 76.1% owned4,709DDunkeswell & Otterhead29.4% aged 65+ · 78.0% owned5,778FFeniton23.2% aged 65+ · 77.2% owned2,720HHoniton St Michael's27.7% aged 65+ · 68.6% owned6,807HHoniton St Paul's32.4% aged 65+ · 66.2% owned4,855NNewbridges36.8% aged 65+ · 77.7% owned2,533NNewton Poppleford & Harpford30.9% aged 65+ · 78.6% owned2,303SSeaton43.3% aged 65+ · 72.6% owned7,128SSidmouth Rural44.0% aged 65+ · 81.8% owned2,101SSidmouth Sidford36.7% aged 65+ · 72.7% owned7,863SSidmouth Town50.5% aged 65+ · 75.4% owned4,413TTale Vale25.2% aged 65+ · 76.7% owned2,476

All 30 wards of East Devon

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.