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Electoral wardE05010554
Chagford ward, West Devon
Chagford is one of 18 electoral wards of West Devon Borough Council, in Devon (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 1,540 residents in 764 households — 51 people per km², the 18th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Central Devon constituency; for county elections it is in the Hatherleigh & Chagford division.
Residents, 20211,540council ward average 3,172
Households7642.02 residents per household
Density51/ km²about 30.20 km² · West Devon 49
Aged 65+34.7%West Devon: 28.5% · under 16: 12.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–42.1% · 32
5–94.5% · 69
10–155.5% · 84
16–193.9% · 60
20–242.9% · 44
25–346.6% · 101
35–4914.9% · 230
50–6425.1% · 386
65–7417.8% · 274
75–8413.4% · 206
85+3.5% · 54
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van11.1% · 85
1 car or van47.9% · 366
2 cars or vans30.9% · 236
3 or more10.1% · 77
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; West Devon overall: 71.0% owned, 10.0% social rented, 18.2% private rented.
Owned outright48.6% · 371
With mortgage16.2% · 124
Shared ownership1.0% · 8
Social rented11.9% · 91
Private rented22.3% · 170
Type of home
Detached house39.1% · 298
Semi-detached house25.7% · 196
Terraced house23.0% · 175
Purpose-built flat3.4% · 26
Converted house2.9% · 22
Other conversion3.5% · 27
Above shop / office2.1% · 16
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010554- Council
- West Devon Borough Council
- County council
- Devon County Council
- County division
- Hatherleigh & Chagford
- Constituency
- Central Devon
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 9 of 18
Parishes in the ward
Chagford
Other wards in the same constituency
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.