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West Devon Borough Council

Local authority area: West Devon

West Devon is a district council in Devon, in the South West England region of England. It covers 1,159.7 km² and had 58,190 residents in 2022 — about 50 people per km². The council is based in Tavistock.

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Town hall in the administrative centreGuildhall, Police Station, attached railings and boundary walls, Tavistock

People

Population

Estimates recorded for West Devon, 2012–2022.

Residents, 202258,190+8.0% since 2012

Land area1,159.7km²447.7 sq mi

Density50/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#374of 382 UK councils · #313 in England

Population estimates4 data points

53.9K54.4K55.5K58.2K

2012201520182022

Abroad

Twinned with

Wesseling

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 Torridge68,635

Elections

18 electoral wards

Census 2021: 57,095 residents in 24,821 households across the wards; 28.5% aged 65+, 71.0% of homes owned, 12.1% of households without a car.

1Okehampton North2,515 households · 24.2% aged 65+5,733 2Tavistock North2,517 households · 28.1% aged 65+5,485 3Exbourne1,748 households · 26.3% aged 65+4,148 4Okehampton South1,766 households · 21.6% aged 65+3,998 5Tavistock South East1,804 households · 38.6% aged 65+3,893 6Buckland Monachorum1,636 households · 33.2% aged 65+3,798

All wards of West Devon

Westminster

Constituencies

Torridge and Tavistock · 9 wards Central Devon · 7 wards South West Devon · 2 wards

Source: Wikidata Q370814 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.