Electoral wardE05011022
St Thomas ward, Exeter
St Thomas is one of 13 electoral wards of Exeter City Council, in Devon (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 9,844 residents in 4,294 households — 5,654 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Exeter constituency; for county elections it is in the Alphington & Cowick and Exwick & St. Thomas divisions.
Residents, 20219,844council ward average 10,055
Households4,2942.29 residents per household
Density5,654/ km²about 1.74 km² · Exeter 2,780
Aged 65+18.9%Exeter: 16.6% · under 16: 16.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.0% · 496
5–95.3% · 521
10–156.3% · 621
16–193.5% · 340
20–245.4% · 533
25–3415.7% · 1,546
35–4921.1% · 2,081
50–6418.8% · 1,849
65–749.1% · 892
75–846.3% · 624
85+3.5% · 341
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van25.4% · 1,092
1 car or van47.2% · 2,027
2 cars or vans21.2% · 909
3 or more6.2% · 266
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Exeter overall: 57.2% owned, 16.6% social rented, 24.9% private rented.
Owned outright34.4% · 1,479
With mortgage30.7% · 1,317
Shared ownership0.5% · 22
Social rented10.9% · 467
Private rented23.5% · 1,007
Lives rent free0.0% · 2
Type of home
Detached house10.2% · 437
Semi-detached house26.0% · 1,116
Terraced house42.8% · 1,839
Purpose-built flat12.7% · 546
Converted house4.7% · 202
Other conversion0.8% · 33
Above shop / office1.1% · 49
Caravan, mobile1.7% · 72
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011022- Council
- Exeter City Council
- County council
- Devon County Council
- County division
- Alphington & Cowick, Exwick & St. Thomas
- Constituency
- Exeter
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 2 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% owned10,534PPriory19.0% aged 65+ · 54.6% owned8,717SSt David's12.6% aged 65+ · 31.9% owned10,530
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.