Electoral wardE05011019
Priory ward, Exeter
Priory is one of 13 electoral wards of Exeter City Council, in Devon (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 8,717 residents in 3,699 households — 2,523 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Exeter constituency; for county elections it is in the Heavitree & Whipton Barton and Wearside & Topsham and Wonford & St. Loyes divisions.
Residents, 20218,717council ward average 10,055
Households3,6992.36 residents per household
Density2,523/ km²about 3.46 km² · Exeter 2,780
Aged 65+19.0%Exeter: 16.6% · under 16: 18.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.4% · 381
5–96.3% · 550
10–158.0% · 697
16–194.6% · 402
20–245.1% · 444
25–3412.8% · 1,112
35–4920.0% · 1,745
50–6419.8% · 1,729
65–749.5% · 830
75–846.5% · 569
85+3.0% · 260
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van26.8% · 993
1 car or van45.6% · 1,687
2 cars or vans21.5% · 796
3 or more6.0% · 223
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Exeter overall: 57.2% owned, 16.6% social rented, 24.9% private rented.
Owned outright29.5% · 1,092
With mortgage25.1% · 930
Shared ownership1.1% · 39
Social rented28.7% · 1,063
Private rented15.3% · 568
Lives rent free0.3% · 11
Type of home
Detached house10.5% · 390
Semi-detached house53.2% · 1,967
Terraced house15.4% · 569
Purpose-built flat17.7% · 653
Converted house2.4% · 89
Other conversion0.3% · 11
Above shop / office0.5% · 17
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011019- Council
- Exeter City Council
- County council
- Devon County Council
- County division
- Heavitree & Whipton Barton, Wearside & Topsham, Wonford & St. Loyes
- Constituency
- Exeter
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 7 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% owned8,793NNewtown and St Leonard's14.2% aged 65+ · 44.0% owned10,852PPennsylvania14.3% aged 65+ · 54.6% owned10,534SSt 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.