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Electoral wardE05011893
Ashburton & Buckfastleigh ward, Teignbridge
Ashburton & Buckfastleigh is one of 24 electoral wards of Teignbridge District Council, in Devon (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 8,849 residents in 3,975 households — 92 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Central Devon constituency; for county elections it is in the Bovey Rural and Ashburton & Buckfastleigh divisions.
Residents, 20218,849council ward average 5,617
Households3,9752.23 residents per household
Density92/ km²about 95.87 km² · Teignbridge 200
Aged 65+25.8%Teignbridge: 27.0% · under 16: 16.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.4% · 393
5–95.2% · 461
10–156.9% · 614
16–194.4% · 390
20–243.7% · 323
25–348.4% · 739
35–4917.4% · 1,542
50–6423.8% · 2,104
65–7414.0% · 1,243
75–848.6% · 759
85+3.2% · 281
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van12.8% · 509
1 car or van42.6% · 1,693
2 cars or vans31.2% · 1,242
3 or more13.4% · 531
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Teignbridge overall: 71.3% owned, 9.5% social rented, 17.9% private rented.
Owned outright40.8% · 1,623
With mortgage23.2% · 921
Shared ownership1.1% · 44
Social rented12.7% · 505
Private rented22.1% · 877
Lives rent free0.2% · 6
Type of home
Detached house32.2% · 1,280
Semi-detached house24.9% · 990
Terraced house29.1% · 1,158
Purpose-built flat5.3% · 210
Converted house3.4% · 134
Other conversion1.7% · 66
Above shop / office1.2% · 47
Caravan, mobile2.2% · 88
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011893- Council
- Teignbridge District Council
- County council
- Devon County Council
- County division
- Bovey Rural, Ashburton & Buckfastleigh
- Constituency
- Central Devon
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 20 of 24
Parishes in the ward
AshburtonBickingtonBuckfastleighBuckland in the MoorWidecombe in the MoorWoodland
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
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.