Electoral wardE05014810
Tiverton Castle ward, Mid Devon
Tiverton Castle is one of 22 electoral wards of Mid Devon District Council, in Devon (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 4,328 residents in 2,054 households — 242 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Tiverton and Minehead constituency; for county elections it is in the Tiverton West division.
Residents, 20214,328council ward average 3,945
Households2,0542.11 residents per household
Density242/ km²about 17.86 km² · Mid Devon 91
Aged 65+26.0%Mid Devon: 24.0% · under 16: 13.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.0% · 175
5–94.1% · 176
10–155.5% · 238
16–193.9% · 171
20–245.4% · 236
25–3412.7% · 549
35–4917.2% · 746
50–6421.1% · 916
65–7413.0% · 563
75–849.0% · 390
85+3.9% · 171
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van22.3% · 458
1 car or van46.2% · 950
2 cars or vans22.9% · 471
3 or more8.6% · 176
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Mid Devon overall: 67.6% owned, 12.7% social rented, 18.6% private rented.
Owned outright38.1% · 782
With mortgage21.9% · 450
Shared ownership0.4% · 9
Social rented7.4% · 152
Private rented32.1% · 660
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house23.0% · 472
Semi-detached house27.9% · 572
Terraced house28.6% · 587
Purpose-built flat10.0% · 205
Converted house4.9% · 101
Other conversion2.0% · 42
Above shop / office2.0% · 42
Caravan, mobile1.6% · 32
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014810- Council
- Mid Devon District Council
- County council
- Devon County Council
- County division
- Tiverton West
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 8 of 21
Parishes in the ward
Tiverton
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
CCanonsleigh26.1% aged 65+ · 76.7% owned3,320CClare & Shuttern34.0% aged 65+ · 72.2% owned3,516HHalberton19.8% aged 65+ · 72.8% owned2,334LLower Culm24.3% aged 65+ · 68.0% owned5,931TTiverton 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 2 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.