Electoral wardE05011016
Newtown and St Leonard's ward, Exeter
Newtown and St Leonard's is one of 13 electoral wards of Exeter City Council, in Devon (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 10,852 residents in 4,559 households — 6,231 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Exeter constituency; for county elections it is in the St. David's & Haven Banks and St. Sidwells & St. James and Wearside & Topsham divisions.
Residents, 202110,852council ward average 10,055
Households4,5592.38 residents per household
Density6,231/ km²about 1.74 km² · Exeter 2,780
Aged 65+14.2%Exeter: 16.6% · under 16: 11.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.5% · 382
5–93.4% · 373
10–154.4% · 477
16–197.1% · 774
20–2420.6% · 2,239
25–3415.0% · 1,629
35–4917.3% · 1,874
50–6414.4% · 1,562
65–747.1% · 770
75–844.6% · 496
85+2.5% · 273
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van34.9% · 1,592
1 car or van45.1% · 2,055
2 cars or vans16.2% · 738
3 or more3.8% · 174
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Exeter overall: 57.2% owned, 16.6% social rented, 24.9% private rented.
Owned outright24.4% · 1,112
With mortgage19.6% · 892
Shared ownership0.7% · 33
Social rented17.3% · 790
Private rented37.9% · 1,730
Lives rent free0.0% · 2
Type of home
Detached house7.9% · 361
Semi-detached house11.2% · 510
Terraced house37.8% · 1,724
Purpose-built flat28.7% · 1,308
Converted house11.6% · 528
Other conversion1.6% · 72
Above shop / office1.2% · 55
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011016- Council
- Exeter City Council
- County council
- Devon County Council
- County division
- St. David's & Haven Banks, St. Sidwells & St. James, Wearside & Topsham
- Constituency
- Exeter
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 1 of 13
Other wards in the same constituency
AAlphington23.6% aged 65+ · 73.0% owned8,266DDuryard 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% owned8,793PPennsylvania14.3% 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.