Electoral wardE05011020
St David's ward, Exeter
St David's is one of 13 electoral wards of Exeter City Council, in Devon (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 10,530 residents in 4,779 households — 4,239 people per km², the 4th 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 Wearside & Topsham divisions.
Residents, 202110,530council ward average 10,055
Households4,7792.2 residents per household
Density4,239/ km²about 2.48 km² · Exeter 2,780
Aged 65+12.6%Exeter: 16.6% · under 16: 7.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.1% · 328
5–92.4% · 251
10–152.4% · 253
16–1910.5% · 1,101
20–2419.8% · 2,090
25–3420.9% · 2,201
35–4915.3% · 1,607
50–6413.1% · 1,376
65–746.5% · 686
75–844.1% · 435
85+1.9% · 205
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van47.4% · 2,267
1 car or van39.1% · 1,870
2 cars or vans11.2% · 537
3 or more2.2% · 105
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Exeter overall: 57.2% owned, 16.6% social rented, 24.9% private rented.
Owned outright18.5% · 885
With mortgage13.4% · 638
Shared ownership1.2% · 58
Social rented21.9% · 1,046
Private rented44.8% · 2,141
Lives rent free0.2% · 8
Type of home
Detached house2.3% · 112
Semi-detached house9.1% · 436
Terraced house22.0% · 1,052
Purpose-built flat50.8% · 2,425
Converted house8.3% · 396
Other conversion4.7% · 225
Above shop / office2.7% · 128
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011020- Council
- Exeter City Council
- County council
- Devon County Council
- County division
- St. David's & Haven Banks, Wearside & Topsham
- Constituency
- Exeter
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 4 of 13
Council offices in this ward
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% owned10,534PPriory19.0% aged 65+ · 54.6% owned8,717SSt 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.