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College ward, Teignbridge

College is one of 24 electoral wards of Teignbridge District Council, in Devon (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 5,399 residents in 2,400 households — 1,549 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Newton Abbot constituency; for county elections it is in the Ashburton & Buckfastleigh and Newton Abbot South divisions.

Residents, 20215,399council ward average 5,617
Households2,4002.25 residents per household
Density1,549/ km²about 3.49 km² · Teignbridge 200
Aged 65+23.8%Teignbridge: 27.0% · under 16: 14.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.6% · 246
5–94.1% · 219
10–156.1% · 331
16–194.6% · 246
20–245.0% · 272
25–3412.4% · 670
35–4917.9% · 966
50–6421.5% · 1,161
65–7411.5% · 623
75–848.0% · 432
85+4.3% · 231

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van22.8% · 549
1 car or van40.5% · 975
2 cars or vans26.3% · 633
3 or more10.3% · 248
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Teignbridge overall: 71.3% owned, 9.5% social rented, 17.9% private rented.

Owned outright34.7% · 832
With mortgage29.5% · 707
Shared ownership0.7% · 16
Social rented8.9% · 214
Private rented26.3% · 631

Type of home

Detached house17.8% · 428
Semi-detached house20.7% · 496
Terraced house35.2% · 844
Purpose-built flat14.3% · 344
Converted house8.9% · 213
Other conversion2.1% · 50
Above shop / office1.0% · 24
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
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.