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Sidmouth Rural ward, East Devon
Sidmouth Rural is one of 30 electoral wards of East Devon District Council, in Devon (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 2,101 residents in 1,002 households — 62 people per km², the 30th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Honiton and Sidmouth constituency; for county elections it is in the Sidmouth division.
Residents, 20212,101council ward average 5,028
Households1,0022.1 residents per household
Density62/ km²about 34.00 km² · East Devon 185
Aged 65+44.0%East Devon: 30.0% · under 16: 10.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–42.4% · 50
5–92.7% · 56
10–155.0% · 105
16–193.3% · 70
20–242.6% · 54
25–343.7% · 78
35–4911.0% · 231
50–6425.3% · 531
65–7422.5% · 473
75–8415.7% · 330
85+5.8% · 121
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van10.4% · 104
1 car or van39.3% · 394
2 cars or vans35.8% · 359
3 or more14.5% · 145
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; East Devon overall: 72.1% owned, 10.3% social rented, 16.0% private rented.
Owned outright65.2% · 653
With mortgage16.7% · 167
Shared ownership0.1% · 1
Social rented4.9% · 49
Private rented13.2% · 132
Type of home
Detached house53.5% · 536
Semi-detached house22.8% · 228
Terraced house11.4% · 114
Purpose-built flat5.5% · 55
Converted house3.9% · 39
Other conversion1.5% · 15
Above shop / office0.7% · 7
Caravan, mobile0.7% · 7
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011803- Council
- East Devon District Council
- County council
- Devon County Council
- County division
- Sidmouth
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 27 of 30
Parishes in the ward
Sidmouth
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% owned2,303OOttery St Mary26.2% aged 65+ · 72.5% owned7,986SSeaton43.3% aged 65+ · 72.6% owned7,128SSidmouth Sidford36.7% aged 65+ · 72.7% owned7,863SSidmouth Town50.5% aged 65+ · 75.4% owned4,413TTale Vale25.2% aged 65+ · 76.7% owned2,476
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.