Electoral wardE05012257
Cockington with Chelston ward, Torbay
Cockington with Chelston is one of 16 electoral wards of Torbay Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 8,366 residents in 3,605 households — 1,351 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Torbay constituency.
Residents, 20218,366council ward average 8,708
Households3,6052.32 residents per household
Density1,351/ km²about 6.19 km² · Torbay 2,216
Aged 65+24.8%Torbay: 26.7% · under 16: 17.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.1% · 347
5–95.7% · 473
10–157.6% · 637
16–194.0% · 338
20–244.5% · 374
25–3410.5% · 878
35–4917.1% · 1,431
50–6421.7% · 1,816
65–7413.2% · 1,106
75–848.4% · 707
85+3.1% · 260
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van16.9% · 608
1 car or van43.3% · 1,559
2 cars or vans28.7% · 1,036
3 or more11.1% · 401
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Torbay overall: 64.1% owned, 8.3% social rented, 26.6% private rented.
Owned outright41.3% · 1,489
With mortgage28.7% · 1,034
Shared ownership0.3% · 12
Social rented4.5% · 162
Private rented25.2% · 907
Type of home
Detached house24.4% · 880
Semi-detached house21.1% · 760
Terraced house28.5% · 1,027
Purpose-built flat11.2% · 402
Converted house11.9% · 430
Other conversion1.5% · 53
Above shop / office1.4% · 51
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012257- Council
- Torbay Council
- Constituency
- Torbay
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 14 of 16
Other wards in the same constituency
BBarton with Watcombe19.6% aged 65+ · 59.5% owned12,234CClifton with Maidenway23.9% aged 65+ · 75.9% owned8,077EEllacombe17.2% aged 65+ · 55.8% owned8,336GGoodrington with Roselands31.8% aged 65+ · 72.3% owned7,427PPreston32.3% aged 65+ · 77.5% owned10,515RRoundham with Hyde28.1% aged 65+ · 45.4% owned8,796SShiphay22.0% aged 65+ · 70.6% owned8,004SSt Marychurch28.6% aged 65+ · 63.9% owned12,546TTormohun19.1% aged 65+ · 41.3% owned12,971WWellswood42.2% aged 65+ · 64.2% owned7,126
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.