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South Hams District Council

Local authority area: South Hams

South Hams is a district council in Devon, in the South West England region of England. It covers 886.5 km² and had 89,812 residents in 2022 — about 101 people per km². The authority dates from 1972. The council is based in Totnes.

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Council headquartersFollaton House

People

Population

Estimates recorded for South Hams, 2001–2022.

Residents, 202289,812+9.7% since 2001

Land area886.5km²342.3 sq mi

Density101/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#339of 382 UK councils · #285 in England

Population estimates6 data points

81.8K83.1K83.6K84.5K86.2K89.8K

200120112012201520182022

History

How the council came to be

1972
Created
Formed from Kingsbridge Rural District.

Same county

Other councils in Devon

All councils in South West

East Devon154,500 Teignbridge135,952 Exeter134,939 North Devon100,505 Mid Devon83,786 Torridge68,635 West Devon58,190

Elections

20 electoral wards

Census 2021: 88,629 residents in 39,333 households across the wards; 28.3% aged 65+, 70.5% of homes owned, 11.7% of households without a car.

1Totnes4,337 households · 26.6% aged 65+9,030 2Dartmouth & East Dart3,730 households · 33.4% aged 65+7,856 3Ivybridge West2,722 households · 21.3% aged 65+6,433 4Newton & Yealmpton2,735 households · 30.3% aged 65+6,233 5Ivybridge East2,481 households · 20.7% aged 65+6,055 6Kingsbridge2,666 households · 29.5% aged 65+5,681

All wards of South Hams

Westminster

Constituencies

South Devon · 13 wards South West Devon · 7 wards

Source: Wikidata Q649699 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.