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Teignmouth West ward, Teignbridge

Teignmouth West is one of 24 electoral wards of Teignbridge District Council, in Devon (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 5,024 residents in 2,155 households — 3,568 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Newton Abbot constituency; for county elections it is in the Teignmouth division.

Residents, 20215,024council ward average 5,617
Households2,1552.33 residents per household
Density3,568/ km²about 1.41 km² · Teignbridge 200
Aged 65+20.2%Teignbridge: 27.0% · under 16: 20.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.7% · 284
5–96.2% · 314
10–158.2% · 413
16–194.2% · 210
20–244.7% · 238
25–3410.3% · 516
35–4919.7% · 989
50–6420.8% · 1,046
65–7411.8% · 593
75–846.3% · 317
85+2.1% · 104

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van19.4% · 417
1 car or van43.0% · 926
2 cars or vans28.7% · 619
3 or more9.0% · 193
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright34.5% · 743
With mortgage30.0% · 646
Shared ownership1.0% · 22
Social rented17.1% · 369
Private rented17.3% · 373
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house25.9% · 558
Semi-detached house25.6% · 553
Terraced house28.6% · 618
Purpose-built flat14.2% · 306
Converted house4.6% · 100
Other conversion0.5% · 11
Above shop / office0.4% · 8
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 4
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.