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Electoral wardE05012255

Churston with Galmpton ward, Torbay

Churston with Galmpton is one of 16 electoral wards of Torbay Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 7,012 residents in 3,127 households — 706 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the South Devon constituency.

Residents, 20217,012council ward average 8,708
Households3,1272.24 residents per household
Density706/ km²about 9.93 km² · Torbay 2,216
Aged 65+37.8%Torbay: 26.7% · under 16: 13.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.2% · 226
5–94.8% · 339
10–155.4% · 377
16–193.4% · 240
20–243.5% · 248
25–347.2% · 503
35–4913.4% · 941
50–6421.2% · 1,485
65–7419.1% · 1,341
75–8413.2% · 926
85+5.5% · 386

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van12.2% · 380
1 car or van42.3% · 1,324
2 cars or vans32.6% · 1,019
3 or more12.9% · 404
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Torbay overall: 64.1% owned, 8.3% social rented, 26.6% private rented.

Owned outright57.7% · 1,803
With mortgage26.4% · 825
Shared ownership1.4% · 45
Social rented3.9% · 122
Private rented10.6% · 331

Type of home

Detached house61.2% · 1,913
Semi-detached house19.7% · 617
Terraced house14.1% · 440
Purpose-built flat3.1% · 98
Converted house0.8% · 24
Other conversion0.5% · 16
Above shop / office0.6% · 18
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
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.