Electoral wardE05013428
Devizes East ward, Wiltshire
Devizes East is one of 98 electoral wards of Wiltshire Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 6,060 residents in 2,642 households — 2,403 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Melksham and Devizes constituency.
Residents, 20216,060council ward average 5,199
Households2,6422.29 residents per household
Density2,403/ km²about 2.52 km² · Wiltshire 157
Aged 65+21.5%Wiltshire: 21.8% · under 16: 18.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.9% · 299
5–95.6% · 338
10–157.5% · 453
16–193.9% · 236
20–245.0% · 300
25–3411.7% · 708
35–4918.3% · 1,110
50–6421.7% · 1,312
65–7410.7% · 651
75–847.9% · 476
85+2.9% · 175
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van14.5% · 383
1 car or van44.2% · 1,167
2 cars or vans31.9% · 844
3 or more9.4% · 248
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wiltshire overall: 66.9% owned, 14.6% social rented, 17.3% private rented.
Owned outright35.7% · 942
With mortgage30.0% · 791
Shared ownership2.1% · 55
Social rented18.7% · 493
Private rented13.6% · 359
Type of home
Detached house22.1% · 584
Semi-detached house39.0% · 1,032
Terraced house29.7% · 785
Purpose-built flat6.9% · 183
Converted house1.6% · 42
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.4% · 10
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013428- Council
- Wiltshire Council
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 25 of 98
Parishes in the ward
Devizes
Other wards in the same constituency
BBowerhill19.7% aged 65+ · 77.6% owned4,339BBox & Colerne23.0% aged 65+ · 74.8% owned5,444BBradford-on-Avon North27.4% aged 65+ · 75.1% owned5,949BBradford-on-Avon South30.2% aged 65+ · 69.9% owned4,457BBromham, Rowde & Roundway23.2% aged 65+ · 67.7% owned5,034CCalne Rural23.3% aged 65+ · 75.8% owned5,243CCalne South24.5% aged 65+ · 82.5% owned3,502DDevizes North30.2% aged 65+ · 46.2% owned4,026DDevizes Rural West26.8% aged 65+ · 74.7% owned4,860DDevizes South27.1% aged 65+ · 71.7% owned4,943HHolt22.7% aged 65+ · 71.4% owned4,881MMelksham East12.1% aged 65+ · 73.3% owned5,233MMelksham Forest23.9% aged 65+ · 59.6% owned6,092MMelksham South29.7% aged 65+ · 77.2% owned4,035
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.