Electoral wardE05013429
Devizes North ward, Wiltshire
Devizes North is one of 98 electoral wards of Wiltshire Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 4,026 residents in 2,229 households — 1,562 people per km², the 91st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Melksham and Devizes constituency.
Residents, 20214,026council ward average 5,199
Households2,2291.81 residents per household
Density1,562/ km²about 2.58 km² · Wiltshire 157
Aged 65+30.2%Wiltshire: 21.8% · under 16: 13.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.0% · 160
5–94.4% · 177
10–154.7% · 190
16–192.2% · 89
20–244.6% · 185
25–3411.3% · 456
35–4916.4% · 659
50–6422.2% · 895
65–7413.6% · 549
75–8410.9% · 440
85+5.6% · 226
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van34.5% · 769
1 car or van43.9% · 978
2 cars or vans16.1% · 359
3 or more5.5% · 123
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wiltshire overall: 66.9% owned, 14.6% social rented, 17.3% private rented.
Owned outright31.6% · 704
With mortgage14.5% · 324
Shared ownership0.8% · 18
Social rented36.6% · 815
Private rented16.4% · 365
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house10.3% · 231
Semi-detached house16.9% · 377
Terraced house22.7% · 507
Purpose-built flat39.5% · 882
Converted house2.5% · 55
Other conversion3.0% · 66
Above shop / office4.4% · 99
Caravan, mobile0.7% · 15
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013429- Council
- Wiltshire Council
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 36 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 East21.5% aged 65+ · 65.6% owned6,060DDevizes 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.