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Charterlands ward, South Hams

Charterlands is one of 20 electoral wards of South Hams District Council, in Devon (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 3,157 residents in 1,413 households — 64 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the South Devon constituency; for county elections it is in the Salcombe division.

Residents, 20213,157council ward average 4,431
Households1,4132.23 residents per household
Density64/ km²about 49.56 km² · South Hams 100
Aged 65+29.6%South Hams: 28.3% · under 16: 15.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.4% · 107
5–95.4% · 170
10–156.4% · 202
16–193.4% · 108
20–243.3% · 103
25–348.3% · 261
35–4915.6% · 491
50–6424.7% · 781
65–7417.6% · 556
75–848.6% · 271
85+3.4% · 107

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van7.6% · 108
1 car or van37.4% · 528
2 cars or vans38.4% · 543
3 or more16.6% · 234
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; South Hams overall: 70.5% owned, 11.8% social rented, 16.1% private rented.

Owned outright48.4% · 684
With mortgage23.5% · 332
Shared ownership2.3% · 33
Social rented11.4% · 161
Private rented14.3% · 202

Type of home

Detached house47.4% · 670
Semi-detached house25.5% · 361
Terraced house19.3% · 273
Purpose-built flat3.0% · 43
Converted house1.3% · 19
Other conversion1.2% · 17
Above shop / office1.6% · 22
Caravan, mobile0.6% · 9
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.