Ottery St Mary & West Hill

East Devon · South West · population 9,576 · 5 LSOAs

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

77Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,547 of 6,856 in England
  • #151 of 710 in South West
  • #6 of 21 in East Devon
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,495
Median age (est.)50
Density264per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above39%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 9%25–44 18%45–64 28%65+ 28%

Tenure

Own outright: 47%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 47%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 9%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 8%Other: 22%
One person 27%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 8%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Managers & directors 15% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades12%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 43% · 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

Ottery St Mary & West Hill is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,547 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 21 in East Devon. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (96) but weak on Housing & access (14). Typical homes here sold for about £357,000 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 163 sales), 8% above the wider East Devon median of £330,000. Typical household take-home income is around £43,319 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 32 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 78 · #1,479
Employment 70 · #2,020
Education 84 · #1,109
Health 81 · #1,328
Crime 96 · #293
Housing & access 14 · #5,873
Living environment 81 · #1,273

House prices ?

£357,000median (12m) · -6.1% yr · n=163
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£357,000163-6.1%+17.8%
Detached£575,00075+2.9%+27.1%
Semi-detached£294,50039-10.8%+11.1%
Terraced£232,50042-5.1%+16.2%
Flat£440,0007+83.3%+76.4%
This area£357,000
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)£43,319±£6,070 · #2,490 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,069
Price-to-income ?8.2×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 ?

72Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

32 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 305 offences
East Devon43
South West71
England83

Rank #550 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences178
Theft39
Burglary4
Vehicle crime12
Criminal damage & arson33
Public order & weapons16
Drugs14
Robbery1
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 39 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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