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Duryard and St James ward, Exeter

Duryard and St James is one of 13 electoral wards of Exeter City Council, in Devon (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 15,147 residents in 3,433 households — 3,332 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Exeter constituency; for county elections it is in the Duryard & Pennsylvania and St. Sidwells & St. James divisions.

Residents, 202115,147council ward average 10,055
Households3,4334.41 residents per household
Density3,332/ km²about 4.55 km² · Exeter 2,780
Aged 65+9.0%Exeter: 16.6% · under 16: 4.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–41.4% · 212
5–91.4% · 207
10–151.7% · 258
16–1930.0% · 4,537
20–2433.2% · 5,031
25–348.4% · 1,277
35–497.6% · 1,153
50–647.3% · 1,108
65–744.3% · 646
75–843.2% · 491
85+1.5% · 227

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van29.9% · 1,026
1 car or van41.4% · 1,420
2 cars or vans20.4% · 701
3 or more8.3% · 286
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Exeter overall: 57.2% owned, 16.6% social rented, 24.9% private rented.

Owned outright26.9% · 922
With mortgage15.7% · 538
Shared ownership0.8% · 26
Social rented10.1% · 346
Private rented46.6% · 1,597

Type of home

Detached house22.2% · 762
Semi-detached house12.7% · 438
Terraced house31.1% · 1,068
Purpose-built flat19.3% · 662
Converted house12.5% · 431
Other conversion1.0% · 34
Above shop / office1.2% · 41
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
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.