Clyst, Exton & Lympstone

East Devon · South West · population 7,077 · 3 LSOAs

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

85Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,006 of 6,856 in England
  • #90 of 710 in South West
  • #2 of 21 in East Devon
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,389
Median age (est.)46
Density160per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above41%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 14%25–44 21%45–64 26%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 49%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 49%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 5%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 6%Other: 25%
One person 23%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 6%Other 25%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Associate professional 19% · Managers & directors 18%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Associate professional19%
Managers & directors18%
Administrative9%
Elementary9%
Skilled trades9%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 41% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

Clyst, Exton & Lympstone is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,006 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 21 in East Devon. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (100) but weak on Housing & access (17). Typical homes here, about £595,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 32% in five years (from 50 sales) — roughly 1.8× the wider East Devon median of £330,000. Typical household take-home income is around £49,049 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 31 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 97 · #204
Employment 95 · #348
Education 79 · #1,417
Health 96 · #286
Crime 100 · #5
Housing & access 17 · #5,674
Living environment 40 · #4,111

House prices ?

£595,000median (12m) · +11.0% yr · n=50
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£595,00050+11.0%+32.2%
Detached£707,50030+18.1%+26.3%
Semi-detached£330,0009-13.3%+0.4%
Terraced£300,00011-7.7%-10.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£595,000
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)£49,049±£6,962 · #1,230 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£43,478
Price-to-income ?12.1×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 ?

20Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

31 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 219 offences
East Devon43
South West71
England83

Rank #470 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences116
Theft36
Burglary12
Vehicle crime8
Criminal damage & arson23
Public order & weapons10
Drugs6
Robbery0
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 18 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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