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Torridge District Council

Local authority area: Torridge

Torridge is a district council in Devon, in the South West England region of England. It covers 983.9 km² and had 68,635 residents in 2022 — about 70 people per km². The council is based in Bideford.

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Town hall in the administrative centreBideford Town Hall and Library

People

Population

Estimates recorded for Torridge, 2012–2022.

Residents, 202268,635+6.1% since 2012

Land area983.9km²379.9 sq mi

Density70/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#367of 382 UK councils · #307 in England

Population estimates4 data points

64.7K66.3K68.1K68.6K

2012201520182022

History

How the council came to be

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Predecessors
Bideford Rural District

Same county

Other councils in Devon

All councils in South West

East Devon154,500 Teignbridge135,952 Exeter134,939 North Devon100,505 South Hams89,812 Mid Devon83,786 West Devon58,190

Elections

16 electoral wards

Census 2021: 68,114 residents in 30,460 households across the wards; 28.4% aged 65+, 69.5% of homes owned, 13.7% of households without a car.

1Hartland2,596 households · 28.0% aged 65+6,085 2Great Torrington2,521 households · 25.6% aged 65+5,801 3Bideford North2,781 households · 24.0% aged 65+5,738 4Bideford East2,465 households · 18.9% aged 65+5,734 5Northam2,323 households · 39.5% aged 65+4,931 6Broadheath1,782 households · 30.4% aged 65+4,147

All wards of Torridge

Westminster

Constituencies

Torridge and Tavistock · 16 wards

Source: Wikidata Q1752488 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.