Feniton & Whimple

East Devon · South West · population 9,097 · 5 LSOAs

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

65Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,390 of 6,856 in England
  • #261 of 710 in South West
  • #11 of 21 in East Devon
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,892
Median age (est.)50
Density80per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above37%
No car or van6%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 19%45–64 30%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 47%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 47%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 7%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 6%Other: 20%
One person 24%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 6%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Managers & directors 17% · Skilled trades 15%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Managers & directors17%
Skilled trades15%
Associate professional12%
Administrative8%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 99%Asian: 0%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 99%Asian 0%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 41% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Feniton & Whimple is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,390 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 21 in East Devon. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (98) but weak on Housing & access (3). Typical homes here sold for about £343,900 over the past year, up 15% across five years (from 96 sales), in line with the wider East Devon median of £330,000. Typical household take-home income is around £42,942 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 29 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 86 · #978
Employment 84 · #1,074
Education 88 · #855
Health 81 · #1,280
Crime 98 · #128
Housing & access 3 · #6,668
Living environment 19 · #5,523

House prices ?

£343,900median (12m) · -4.9% yr · n=96
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£343,90096-4.9%+14.6%
Detached£570,00042+15.6%+31.0%
Semi-detached£310,00030+3.3%+5.1%
Terraced£250,00019-9.6%+5.0%
Flat£85,0005-24.9%-46.9%
This area£343,900
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)£42,942±£6,028 · #2,604 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,416
Price-to-income ?8.0×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 ?

67Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

29 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 263 offences
East Devon43
South West71
England83

Rank #340 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences136
Theft30
Burglary13
Vehicle crime5
Criminal damage & arson46
Public order & weapons15
Drugs7
Robbery0
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 29 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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