Exmouth Town

East Devon · South West · population 7,083 · 4 LSOAs

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

36Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,392 of 6,856 in England
  • #557 of 710 in South West
  • #21 of 21 in East Devon
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,973
Median age (est.)45
Density6,571per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above31%
No car or van29%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 11%25–44 26%45–64 29%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 30%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 41%
Own outright 30%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 5%Private rent 41%

Households

One person: 39%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 17%Lone parent: 10%Other: 16%
One person 39%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 17%Lone parent 10%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Caring & leisure 15% · Professional 14% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Caring & leisure15%
Professional14%
Skilled trades13%
Associate professional12%
Elementary12%
Managers & directors11%
Sales & customer service10%
Administrative8%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 2%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 96%Asian 2%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 50% · Christian 42% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 10%

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

Exmouth Town is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,392 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #21 of 21 in East Devon. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (82) but weak on Living environment (11). Typical homes here sold for about £250,000 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 104 sales), 24% below the wider East Devon median of £330,000. Typical household take-home income is around £36,261 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 117 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 42 · #4,001
Employment 35 · #4,447
Education 26 · #5,105
Health 40 · #4,077
Crime 36 · #4,372
Housing & access 82 · #1,259
Living environment 11 · #6,113

House prices ?

£250,000median (12m) · +3.0% yr · n=104
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£250,000104+3.0%+20.5%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£443,7508+1.5%+40.9%
Terraced£269,50051+1.0%+22.5%
Flat£190,75042+3.3%+41.3%
This area£250,000
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)£36,261±£5,158 · #4,616 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,458
Price-to-income ?6.9×typical home ÷ net income — less 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 ?

62Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

117 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 828 offences
East Devon43
South West71
England83

Rank #5,386 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences410
Theft148
Burglary21
Vehicle crime10
Criminal damage & arson93
Public order & weapons79
Drugs42
Robbery8
Other17

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 172 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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