Honiton South & West

East Devon · South West · population 5,566 · 4 LSOAs

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

78Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,492 of 6,856 in England
  • #144 of 710 in South West
  • #5 of 21 in East Devon
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,493
Median age (est.)50
Density747per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above26%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 9%25–44 20%45–64 28%65+ 28%

Tenure

Own outright: 46%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 46%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 8%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 8%Other: 19%
One person 29%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 8%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Skilled trades 15% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Skilled trades15%
Elementary12%
Caring & leisure12%
Associate professional10%
Managers & directors10%
Administrative10%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 42% · 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

Honiton South & West is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,492 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 21 in East Devon. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (98) but weak on Housing & access (43). Typical homes here sold for about £275,000 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 109 sales), 17% below the wider East Devon median of £330,000. Typical household take-home income is around £36,409 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 36 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 65 · #2,384
Employment 69 · #2,123
Education 50 · #3,460
Health 71 · #1,986
Crime 96 · #300
Housing & access 43 · #3,885
Living environment 98 · #115

House prices ?

£275,000median (12m) · -5.2% yr · n=109
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£275,000109-5.2%+10.0%
Detached£370,00032+1.0%+27.6%
Semi-detached£274,50042-3.7%+18.6%
Terraced£210,00033+0.2%+0.6%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£275,000
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)£36,409±£5,119 · #4,567 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,123
Price-to-income ?7.6×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

92Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

36 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 199 offences
East Devon43
South West71
England83

Rank #885 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences107
Theft45
Burglary1
Vehicle crime5
Criminal damage & arson18
Public order & weapons11
Drugs9
Robbery0
Other3

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 14 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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