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Electoral wardE05010141

Salcombe & Thurlestone ward, South Hams

Salcombe & Thurlestone is one of 20 electoral wards of South Hams District Council, in Devon (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 4,968 residents in 2,348 households — 101 people per km², the 9th 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, 20214,968council ward average 4,431
Households2,3482.12 residents per household
Density101/ km²about 49.38 km² · South Hams 100
Aged 65+35.0%South Hams: 28.3% · under 16: 12.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.6% · 180
5–94.1% · 202
10–155.0% · 247
16–193.4% · 167
20–243.4% · 171
25–347.8% · 387
35–4913.6% · 675
50–6424.2% · 1,203
65–7417.8% · 884
75–8412.7% · 631
85+4.5% · 224

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van10.6% · 248
1 car or van40.7% · 956
2 cars or vans33.8% · 793
3 or more14.9% · 351
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright50.2% · 1,180
With mortgage20.7% · 487
Shared ownership1.2% · 29
Social rented14.5% · 341
Private rented13.2% · 311
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house44.4% · 1,042
Semi-detached house24.5% · 575
Terraced house19.2% · 451
Purpose-built flat6.9% · 163
Converted house2.6% · 61
Other conversion1.3% · 31
Above shop / office0.8% · 19
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 7
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05010141
County council
Devon County Council
County division
Salcombe
Constituency
South Devon
Region
South West
Density rank in council
8 of 20

Parishes in the ward

MalboroughSalcombeSouth HuishSouth MiltonThurlestoneWest Alvington

Other wards in the same constituency

AAllington & Strete33.1% aged 65+ · 73.5% owned3,049BBlackawton & Stoke Fleming30.7% aged 65+ · 71.8% owned2,563CCharterlands29.6% aged 65+ · 72.0% owned3,157DDartington & Staverton29.0% aged 65+ · 71.9% owned2,953DDartmouth & East Dart33.4% aged 65+ · 66.8% owned7,856KKingsbridge29.5% aged 65+ · 61.0% owned5,681LLoddiswell & Aveton Gifford25.7% aged 65+ · 71.9% owned2,894MMarldon & Littlehempston29.6% aged 65+ · 80.1% owned2,975SSouth Brent28.2% aged 65+ · 71.2% owned5,436SStokenham37.0% aged 65+ · 79.3% owned2,645TTotnes26.6% aged 65+ · 56.9% owned9,030WWest Dart31.3% aged 65+ · 73.6% owned2,560

All 20 wards of South Hams

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.