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Electoral wardE05011574

Devonshire ward, Eastbourne

Devonshire is one of 9 electoral wards of Eastbourne Borough Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 14,440 residents in 6,708 households — 8,459 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Eastbourne constituency; for county elections it is in the Devonshire division.

Residents, 202114,440council ward average 11,298
Households6,7082.15 residents per household
Density8,459/ km²about 1.71 km² · Eastbourne 2,302
Aged 65+14.0%Eastbourne: 24.5% · under 16: 17.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.9% · 846
5–95.6% · 810
10–156.0% · 871
16–194.0% · 584
20–247.7% · 1,105
25–3416.2% · 2,346
35–4921.4% · 3,090
50–6419.1% · 2,761
65–748.3% · 1,192
75–844.2% · 613
85+1.5% · 223

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van40.6% · 2,726
1 car or van41.9% · 2,813
2 cars or vans13.7% · 916
3 or more3.8% · 253
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Eastbourne overall: 59.7% owned, 13.0% social rented, 26.6% private rented.

Owned outright20.4% · 1,371
With mortgage18.4% · 1,235
Shared ownership0.8% · 54
Social rented13.1% · 879
Private rented47.1% · 3,162
Lives rent free0.1% · 6

Type of home

Detached house2.2% · 149
Semi-detached house9.5% · 640
Terraced house38.8% · 2,600
Purpose-built flat31.0% · 2,081
Converted house13.0% · 872
Other conversion2.2% · 149
Above shop / office3.2% · 214
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05011574
County division
Devonshire
Constituency
Eastbourne
Region
South East
Density rank in council
1 of 9

Other wards in the same constituency

HHampden Park17.7% aged 65+ · 48.5% owned10,781LLangney19.9% aged 65+ · 57.1% owned10,629MMeads38.5% aged 65+ · 58.9% owned10,939OOld Town20.6% aged 65+ · 74.0% owned11,166RRatton33.6% aged 65+ · 78.4% owned9,357SSovereign30.2% aged 65+ · 68.3% owned11,881SSt Anthony's21.8% aged 65+ · 69.9% owned11,559UUpperton28.5% aged 65+ · 53.5% owned10,934

All 9 wards of Eastbourne

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.