Electoral wardE05011011
Alphington ward, Exeter
Alphington is one of 13 electoral wards of Exeter City Council, in Devon (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 8,266 residents in 3,554 households — 1,460 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Exeter constituency; for county elections it is in the Alphington & Cowick division.
Residents, 20218,266council ward average 10,055
Households3,5542.33 residents per household
Density1,460/ km²about 5.66 km² · Exeter 2,780
Aged 65+23.6%Exeter: 16.6% · under 16: 16.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.6% · 384
5–95.2% · 426
10–156.2% · 509
16–193.6% · 301
20–244.8% · 397
25–3411.5% · 951
35–4919.4% · 1,602
50–6421.1% · 1,748
65–7411.4% · 942
75–848.6% · 712
85+3.5% · 293
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van17.5% · 622
1 car or van45.9% · 1,633
2 cars or vans26.7% · 950
3 or more9.9% · 351
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Exeter overall: 57.2% owned, 16.6% social rented, 24.9% private rented.
Owned outright41.4% · 1,471
With mortgage31.7% · 1,126
Shared ownership0.5% · 17
Social rented8.9% · 318
Private rented17.5% · 623
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house24.8% · 883
Semi-detached house31.4% · 1,115
Terraced house29.1% · 1,033
Purpose-built flat11.5% · 409
Converted house2.2% · 78
Other conversion0.5% · 18
Above shop / office0.2% · 8
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 10
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011011- Council
- Exeter City Council
- County council
- Devon County Council
- County division
- Alphington & Cowick
- Constituency
- Exeter
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 13 of 13
Other wards in the same constituency
DDuryard and St James9.0% aged 65+ · 42.6% owned15,147EExwick16.0% aged 65+ · 58.1% owned9,767HHeavitree18.6% aged 65+ · 65.9% owned9,247MMincinglake and Whipton18.5% aged 65+ · 53.9% owned8,793NNewtown and St Leonard's14.2% aged 65+ · 44.0% owned10,852PPennsylvania14.3% aged 65+ · 54.6% owned10,534PPriory19.0% aged 65+ · 54.6% owned8,717SSt David's12.6% aged 65+ · 31.9% owned10,530SSt Thomas18.9% aged 65+ · 65.1% owned9,844
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.