Electoral wardE05014808
Silverton ward, Mid Devon
Silverton is one of 22 electoral wards of Mid Devon District Council, in Devon (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 1,908 residents in 882 households — 151 people per km², the 18th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Central Devon constituency; for county elections it is in the Creedy, Taw & Mid Exe division.
Residents, 20211,908council ward average 3,945
Households8822.16 residents per household
Density151/ km²about 12.67 km² · Mid Devon 91
Aged 65+28.4%Mid Devon: 24.0% · under 16: 15.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.8% · 72
5–95.0% · 96
10–156.3% · 120
16–194.1% · 79
20–243.8% · 73
25–348.4% · 161
35–4917.1% · 326
50–6423.0% · 438
65–7413.9% · 265
75–8411.0% · 210
85+3.5% · 66
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van11.2% · 99
1 car or van40.4% · 356
2 cars or vans34.1% · 301
3 or more14.3% · 126
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Mid Devon overall: 67.6% owned, 12.7% social rented, 18.6% private rented.
Owned outright47.3% · 419
With mortgage30.2% · 267
Social rented9.8% · 87
Private rented12.7% · 112
Type of home
Detached house33.2% · 292
Semi-detached house30.0% · 264
Terraced house27.8% · 245
Purpose-built flat6.7% · 59
Converted house0.2% · 2
Other conversion0.8% · 7
Above shop / office0.2% · 2
Caravan, mobile1.0% · 9
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014808- Council
- Mid Devon District Council
- County council
- Devon County Council
- County division
- Creedy, Taw & Mid Exe
- Constituency
- Central Devon
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 10 of 21
Parishes in the ward
Silverton
Other wards in the same constituency
BBradninch22.6% aged 65+ · 65.7% owned2,004CCadbury29.8% aged 65+ · 76.5% owned1,656CCrediton Boniface20.5% aged 65+ · 63.7% owned4,276CCrediton Lawrence26.9% aged 65+ · 60.6% owned3,801SSandford & Creedy29.0% aged 65+ · 78.0% owned3,346TTaw Vale27.3% aged 65+ · 77.7% owned1,758UUpper Yeo & Taw23.7% aged 65+ · 76.2% owned6,027WWay21.7% aged 65+ · 79.7% owned1,736YYeo27.5% aged 65+ · 72.2% owned2,861
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 1 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.