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Tavistock South East ward, West Devon

Tavistock South East is one of 18 electoral wards of West Devon Borough Council, in Devon (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 3,893 residents in 1,804 households — 1,285 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Torridge and Tavistock constituency; for county elections it is in the Tavistock division.

Residents, 20213,893council ward average 3,172
Households1,8042.16 residents per household
Density1,285/ km²about 3.03 km² · West Devon 49
Aged 65+38.6%West Devon: 28.5% · under 16: 13.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–42.8% · 109
5–94.3% · 168
10–155.9% · 228
16–193.4% · 131
20–242.6% · 103
25–346.0% · 233
35–4913.6% · 531
50–6422.8% · 889
65–7418.8% · 732
75–8413.7% · 532
85+6.1% · 238

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van15.1% · 272
1 car or van40.8% · 736
2 cars or vans33.1% · 596
3 or more11.0% · 199
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; West Devon overall: 71.0% owned, 10.0% social rented, 18.2% private rented.

Owned outright57.1% · 1,030
With mortgage21.9% · 396
Shared ownership0.3% · 6
Social rented10.3% · 186
Private rented10.2% · 184
Lives rent free0.2% · 3

Type of home

Detached house52.7% · 949
Semi-detached house21.1% · 380
Terraced house16.8% · 303
Purpose-built flat8.0% · 144
Converted house1.1% · 20
Other conversion0.1% · 2
Above shop / office0.1% · 1
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
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.