Heavitree population

22,000people · latest estimate

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By James Burfield, SEO consultant, Bath · Page updated 25 September 2026 · GeoNames

Heavitree has a population of 22,000, making it the 7th largest place in Devon.

of 155 in Devon

Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Exeter population trends, 2001–2025.

Heavitree in context

2 km

west to Exeter, the nearest larger town

169,106

people live within 10 km

#587

largest of 6,358 UK places

Distances are straight-line from the settlement's recorded coordinates. The 10 km figure sums the recorded places within that radius, so it describes how built-up the surroundings are rather than people per square kilometre.

The centre of Heavitree sits in postcode district EX1.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Exeter, the billing authority covering Heavitree, is £2,495 for 2026–27.

From MHCLG's council tax statistics (Table 9): the area average including police, fire and parish precepts, so it is the council's figure rather than the town's, and your own band depends on your property's 1991 valuation.

Common questions

What is the population of Heavitree?

The populated place itself holds 22,000 residents. The wider Exeter council area recorded 137,894 in 2025. Each figure describes a different boundary and all are correct; the meanings table on this page says which is which, because a population without its boundary is not an answer.

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Population since 2001

Exeter, year by year from ONS estimates

Postcode district EX1

Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Devon

#	Place	Population
1	Barnstaple	31,616
2	Bideford	28,672
3	Tiverton	22,291
4	Teignmouth	14,932
5	Tavistock	12,675
6	Sidmouth	12,569

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