Electoral wardE05014806
Lower Culm ward, Mid Devon
Lower Culm is one of 22 electoral wards of Mid Devon District Council, in Devon (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 5,931 residents in 2,528 households — 390 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Honiton and Sidmouth and Tiverton and Minehead constituencies; for county elections it is in the Cullompton & Bradninch and Willand & Uffculme divisions.
Residents, 20215,931council ward average 3,945
Households2,5282.35 residents per household
Density390/ km²about 15.20 km² · Mid Devon 91
Aged 65+24.3%Mid Devon: 24.0% · under 16: 18.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.4% · 261
5–96.2% · 367
10–157.4% · 441
16–194.0% · 238
20–244.4% · 263
25–349.7% · 577
35–4917.6% · 1,045
50–6421.9% · 1,301
65–7412.1% · 719
75–848.4% · 497
85+3.8% · 223
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van11.0% · 278
1 car or van39.8% · 1,007
2 cars or vans34.5% · 872
3 or more14.7% · 371
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Mid Devon overall: 67.6% owned, 12.7% social rented, 18.6% private rented.
Owned outright37.2% · 939
With mortgage30.9% · 780
Shared ownership1.2% · 31
Social rented16.0% · 404
Private rented14.5% · 367
Lives rent free0.2% · 6
Type of home
Detached house39.7% · 1,003
Semi-detached house30.6% · 772
Terraced house22.2% · 560
Purpose-built flat5.5% · 138
Converted house1.1% · 29
Other conversion0.3% · 8
Above shop / office0.2% · 4
Caravan, mobile0.5% · 12
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014806- Council
- Mid Devon District Council
- County council
- Devon County Council
- County division
- Cullompton & Bradninch, Willand & Uffculme
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth, Tiverton and Minehead
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 6 of 21
Parishes in the ward
KentisbeareUffculmeWilland
Other wards in the same constituency
BBradninch22.6% aged 65+ · 65.7% owned2,004CCanonsleigh26.1% aged 65+ · 76.7% owned3,320CClare & Shuttern34.0% aged 65+ · 72.2% owned3,516CCullompton Padbrook19.3% aged 65+ · 67.4% owned7,287CCullompton St Andrews20.5% aged 65+ · 65.5% owned4,475HHalberton19.8% aged 65+ · 72.8% owned2,334TTiverton Castle26.0% aged 65+ · 60.0% owned4,328TTiverton Cranmore30.1% aged 65+ · 64.3% owned4,953TTiverton Lowman16.1% aged 65+ · 53.6% owned6,979TTiverton Westexe22.8% aged 65+ · 60.0% owned6,029UUpper Culm24.4% aged 65+ · 73.8% owned4,325
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.