Budleigh Salterton

East Devon · South West · population 6,106 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

78Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,479 of 6,856 in England
  • #141 of 710 in South West
  • #4 of 21 in East Devon
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,104
Median age (est.)62
Density447per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above42%
No car or van13%

Age

0–14 10%15–24 7%25–44 13%45–64 25%65+ 45%

Tenure

Own outright: 59%Mortgage/shared: 20%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 59%Mortgage/shared 20%Social rent 8%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 17%Lone parent: 6%Other: 27%
One person 34%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 17%Lone parent 6%Other 27%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Managers & directors 16% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Managers & directors16%
Skilled trades13%
Associate professional13%
Caring & leisure11%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service7%
Administrative7%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 55% · No religion 38% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 6%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Budleigh Salterton is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,479 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 21 in East Devon. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (97) but weak on Housing & access (28). Typical homes here, about £457,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 27% in five years (from 90 sales), 39% above the wider East Devon median of £330,000. Typical household take-home income is around £43,264 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 21 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 81 · #1,273
Employment 68 · #2,219
Education 70 · #2,089
Health 68 · #2,178
Crime 97 · #183
Housing & access 28 · #4,920
Living environment 71 · #1,979

House prices ?

£457,500median (12m) · +14.4% yr · n=90
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£457,50090+14.4%+27.1%
Detached£785,00031+13.4%+16.3%
Semi-detached£440,00025+4.1%+12.1%
Terraced£347,50013+18.8%+42.3%
Flat£285,00021+1.8%+23.4%
This area£457,500
East Devon£330,000
South West£310,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£43,264±£6,429 · #2,503 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,429
Price-to-income ?10.6×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

43Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

21 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 126 offences
East Devon43
South West71
England83

Rank #33 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences69
Theft24
Burglary7
Vehicle crime0
Criminal damage & arson14
Public order & weapons8
Drugs2
Robbery0
Other2

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 26 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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