Demography
Ivybridge’s most recent census indicates that Ivybridge had a population of 12,056. The United Kingdom Census 2001 was carried out by the Office for National Statistics in England and Wales, on Sunday, 29 April 2001. The next census to take place will be on 27 March. To put that figure into comparison with the area surrounding Ivybridge: it accounts for about 15% of the South Hams' total population (83,200) and it accounts for about 1% of Devon’s total population (1,122,100). The town has a median age of 36, which is below the national average of 39.9.
The ethnicity of Ivybridge is predominately white with 99.4% of the population identifying themselves as white. According to the 2001 census, there were 78 people in Ivybridge who identify themselves as belonging to a black and/or minority ethnic group (0.65%). This is slightly lower than the local averages of the South Hams (0.9%) and Devon (1.1%), and much lower than the national average for England (9.1%).
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