Electoral wardE05012265
St Marychurch ward, Torbay
St Marychurch is one of 16 electoral wards of Torbay Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 12,546 residents in 5,703 households — 2,249 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Torbay constituency.
Residents, 202112,546council ward average 8,708
Households5,7032.2 residents per household
Density2,249/ km²about 5.58 km² · Torbay 2,216
Aged 65+28.6%Torbay: 26.7% · under 16: 15.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.1% · 517
5–95.0% · 623
10–156.7% · 840
16–193.9% · 483
20–244.8% · 596
25–3410.0% · 1,253
35–4915.9% · 1,994
50–6421.1% · 2,651
65–7413.7% · 1,713
75–8410.0% · 1,260
85+4.9% · 614
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van26.1% · 1,489
1 car or van44.3% · 2,527
2 cars or vans22.1% · 1,258
3 or more7.5% · 429
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Torbay overall: 64.1% owned, 8.3% social rented, 26.6% private rented.
Owned outright39.6% · 2,259
With mortgage24.3% · 1,385
Shared ownership0.4% · 22
Social rented6.1% · 347
Private rented29.6% · 1,689
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house10.0% · 571
Semi-detached house19.8% · 1,128
Terraced house34.4% · 1,963
Purpose-built flat19.0% · 1,083
Converted house11.7% · 666
Other conversion2.5% · 145
Above shop / office2.5% · 144
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012265- Council
- Torbay Council
- Constituency
- Torbay
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 11 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% owned8,077CCockington with Chelston24.8% aged 65+ · 70.0% owned8,366EEllacombe17.2% 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% owned8,004TTormohun19.1% 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.