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Tiverton Westexe ward, Mid Devon

Tiverton Westexe is one of 22 electoral wards of Mid Devon District Council, in Devon (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 6,029 residents in 2,619 households — 209 people per km², the 3rd 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, 20216,029council ward average 3,945
Households2,6192.3 residents per household
Density209/ km²about 28.90 km² · Mid Devon 91
Aged 65+22.8%Mid Devon: 24.0% · under 16: 19.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.0% · 364
5–96.2% · 377
10–157.6% · 461
16–194.3% · 260
20–244.3% · 257
25–3412.2% · 737
35–4917.7% · 1,067
50–6418.9% · 1,138
65–7412.3% · 742
75–847.5% · 453
85+3.0% · 180

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van21.6% · 567
1 car or van41.3% · 1,081
2 cars or vans26.5% · 695
3 or more10.5% · 276
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Mid Devon overall: 67.6% owned, 12.7% social rented, 18.6% private rented.

Owned outright33.0% · 864
With mortgage27.0% · 708
Shared ownership0.3% · 9
Social rented24.8% · 651
Private rented14.7% · 385
Lives rent free0.2% · 4

Type of home

Detached house29.4% · 770
Semi-detached house23.5% · 616
Terraced house34.7% · 907
Purpose-built flat9.2% · 241
Converted house1.6% · 43
Other conversion0.6% · 15
Above shop / office0.8% · 22
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.