Electoral wardE05011895
Bovey ward, Teignbridge
Bovey is one of 24 electoral wards of Teignbridge District Council, in Devon (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 7,998 residents in 3,670 households — 306 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Central Devon constituency; for county elections it is in the Bovey Rural division.
Residents, 20217,998council ward average 5,617
Households3,6702.18 residents per household
Density306/ km²about 26.15 km² · Teignbridge 200
Aged 65+30.3%Teignbridge: 27.0% · under 16: 15.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.3% · 347
5–95.1% · 408
10–156.1% · 490
16–193.8% · 301
20–243.6% · 290
25–3410.1% · 810
35–4915.0% · 1,199
50–6421.6% · 1,730
65–7413.9% · 1,110
75–8411.3% · 903
85+5.1% · 411
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van11.0% · 405
1 car or van45.0% · 1,651
2 cars or vans32.7% · 1,200
3 or more11.3% · 414
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Teignbridge overall: 71.3% owned, 9.5% social rented, 17.9% private rented.
Owned outright48.0% · 1,762
With mortgage26.5% · 971
Shared ownership1.3% · 47
Social rented8.9% · 328
Private rented15.2% · 558
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house40.3% · 1,478
Semi-detached house23.3% · 856
Terraced house21.1% · 775
Purpose-built flat4.6% · 170
Converted house1.9% · 71
Other conversion1.2% · 45
Above shop / office1.0% · 38
Caravan, mobile6.5% · 237
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011895- Council
- Teignbridge District Council
- County council
- Devon County Council
- County division
- Bovey Rural
- Constituency
- Central Devon
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 12 of 24
Parishes in the ward
Bovey Tracey
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.