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People and place
A population and household snapshot for South West Devon, using validated House of Commons Library constituency datasets.
Estimated population99,686
EstimateMid-2024 estimate
Region / nationSouth West
Age profile
0 to 1719.1% · 19,007 people
18 to 246.4% · 6,337 people
25 to 3410.0% · 9,966 people
35 to 4917.7% · 17,636 people
50 to 6421.3% · 21,217 people
65 and over25.6% · 25,523 people
Population figures are mid-2024 estimates from the House of Commons Library. Project Open Gov calculates the estimated population shown above by summing the six published age-band counts. View population source ↗
Home ownership and renting
Housing tenure shows how households in this constituency described their home at the most recent census.
41,477 householdsCensus 2021
Home owners76.6% · 31,764 households
Private renters14.5% · 6,014 households
Social renters7.6% · 3,133 households
Other tenure1.4% · 566 households
“Other tenure” combines shared ownership and households recorded as living rent free.
Housing-tenure figures come from the most recent census: 2021 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and 2022 in Scotland. View housing-tenure source ↗
Household composition
A broad view of household types in this constituency. Project Open Gov uses the four broad groups supplied by the Commons Library so the presentation remains consistent across the UK.
41,470 householdsCensus 2021
One-person households26.8% · 11,131 households
Families with dependent children26.7% · 11,082 households
Other single-family households43.8% · 18,176 households
Other household types2.6% · 1,081 households
Household-composition figures come from the Commons Library constituency dataset. The source uses census data and Project Open Gov displays its broad household groups rather than attempting to harmonise the detailed categories itself. View household-composition source ↗
Disability and day-to-day activities
The source records whether day-to-day activities are limited and uses separate person-level tables for England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
96,980 people in the source baseCensus 2021Source comparison: England & Wales
Day-to-day activities limited a lot7.6% · 7,374 people
Day-to-day activities limited a little11.0% · 10,637 people
Not disabled under the Equality Act81.4% · 78,969 people
Comparison note: the workbook uses different source terminology across the UK: England & Wales uses “Disabled under the Equality Act”, while Scotland and Northern Ireland use “Disabled” / “Non-disabled”. Project Open Gov therefore preserves the source categories and does not present them as one single like-for-like UK legal definition.
Disability figures come from the Commons Library constituency workbook. This profile uses the person-level tables only; the workbook also contains separate household-level disability tables which are not used here. View disability source ↗
This constituency in Parliament
A high-confidence subset of current-session parliamentary records from this constituency's current MP where the full constituency name is stated explicitly in the written question, debate title or recorded section.
This is not a complete record of every local issue raised in Parliament. Project Open Gov does not currently infer a constituency connection from the MP relationship alone, speech text, nearby place names or other local entities.
Written question11 June 2026
Department for Transport: Written Questions
Raised by Rebecca Smith MP
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to respond to Question 919 from the hon. Member for South West Devon.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of a visitor levy on (a) South West Devon and (b) other tourism-dependent communities.
Open UK Government and Parliament petitions that have reached at least 10,000 signatures nationally, ranked here by the number of signatures recorded in this constituency.
Petition signatures are not a poll and do not show what the constituency as a whole thinks. A person can also sign more than one petition.
Open petitionCloses 1 October 2026
Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership
Signatures in this constituency588
Signatures nationally196,369
Government response published · Debate scheduled for 14 September 2026
Signature counts come from the official UK Government and Parliament petitions data and may change while a petition remains open. Browse official petitions ↗
Funding and local projects
National Lottery grants awarded to organisations recorded in this parliamentary constituency since 4 July 2024.
The constituency is based on the recipient organisation recorded in the source data. The funded activity may sometimes take place across a wider area.
Grants recorded29
Total awarded£966,076
Most recent awards
National Lottery grantAwarded 30 June 2026
Adapted ECycle Nature Access
Plymouth City Council
£13,500
Sport England · Sport
About this award
This project will deliver regular led rides into Plymouths safe off-road trails and green spaces, for new and existing users of the Adapted E-Cycle Hub. The project will be managed through the partnership of the City Council/Plymouth Active/BCF and Plymouth Bike Hire. The project aims to create opportunities for people with disabilities/long term conditions/on low incomes and the elderly to become physically active.
National Lottery grantAwarded 24 June 2026
See Me Thrive – Supporting SW Children and Young People with Vision Impairment
MoorVision
£400,000
The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment
About this award
MoorVision - Children & Young People - RC South West Region
National Lottery grantAwarded 28 May 2026
Replacement of Hall Heating
Wembury War Memorial Village Hall CIO
£4,000
The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment
About this award
Wembury War Memorial Village Hall CIO - Community - National Lottery Awards for All England
This project will create a youth baseball programme. Sessions will take place once a week during the 12 week pilot phase, increasing to twice weekly as the project continues to grow. Funding will specifically support coaching fees, facility hire and equipment.
24 more awards are available.
Source: DCMS National Lottery Grants Database. The figures shown cover awards from 4 July 2024 to 1 July 2026. View official grants data ↗
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