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Electoral wardE05011805
Sidmouth Town ward, East Devon
Sidmouth Town is one of 30 electoral wards of East Devon District Council, in Devon (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 4,413 residents in 2,288 households — 1,152 people per km², the 18th 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, 20214,413council ward average 5,028
Households2,2881.93 residents per household
Density1,152/ km²about 3.83 km² · East Devon 185
Aged 65+50.5%East Devon: 30.0% · under 16: 8.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–42.4% · 104
5–92.6% · 114
10–153.7% · 165
16–192.7% · 117
20–242.4% · 108
25–345.0% · 222
35–4910.6% · 468
50–6420.1% · 888
65–7419.7% · 870
75–8417.4% · 770
85+13.3% · 587
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van25.3% · 580
1 car or van47.8% · 1,093
2 cars or vans21.0% · 481
3 or more5.9% · 134
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; East Devon overall: 72.1% owned, 10.3% social rented, 16.0% private rented.
Owned outright62.4% · 1,428
With mortgage13.1% · 299
Shared ownership0.7% · 15
Social rented5.2% · 120
Private rented18.5% · 423
Lives rent free0.2% · 4
Type of home
Detached house26.4% · 603
Semi-detached house12.3% · 282
Terraced house22.9% · 524
Purpose-built flat23.5% · 537
Converted house8.3% · 190
Other conversion1.9% · 43
Above shop / office4.6% · 106
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011805- Council
- East Devon District Council
- County council
- Devon County Council
- County division
- Sidmouth
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 7 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 Rural44.0% aged 65+ · 81.8% owned2,101SSidmouth Sidford36.7% aged 65+ · 72.7% owned7,863TTale 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.