Sidmouth Town

East Devon · South West · population 5,318 · 3 LSOAs

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

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

Residents5,273
Median age (est.)65
Density892per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above41%
No car or van23%

Age

0–14 8%15–24 6%25–44 11%45–64 24%65+ 51%

Tenure

Own outright: 64%Mortgage/shared: 15%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 64%Mortgage/shared 15%Social rent 5%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 41%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 12%Lone parent: 4%Other: 28%
One person 41%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 12%Lone parent 4%Other 28%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Managers & directors 16% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Managers & directors16%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure11%
Elementary10%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 58% · No religion 33% · Buddhist 1%

Born outside the UK: 9%

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

Sidmouth Town is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #718 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #1 of 21 in East Devon. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Crime (97) and lowest on Living environment (46). Typical homes here sold for about £405,000 over the past year, up 8% across five years (from 133 sales), 23% above the wider East Devon median of £330,000. Typical household take-home income is around £42,428 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 42 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 90 · #649
Employment 79 · #1,444
Education 87 · #889
Health 80 · #1,396
Crime 97 · #190
Housing & access 51 · #3,330
Living environment 46 · #3,707

House prices ?

£405,000median (12m) · -2.4% yr · n=133
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£405,000133-2.4%+8.0%
Detached£700,00042+0.7%+23.9%
Semi-detached£383,7506-6.1%+1.0%
Terraced£357,50032+15.3%+18.0%
Flat£300,00053+9.1%+11.1%
This area£405,000
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)£42,428±£6,353 · #2,725 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,551
Price-to-income ?9.5×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 ?

64Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

42 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 221 offences
East Devon43
South West71
England83

Rank #1,387 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences98
Theft55
Burglary6
Vehicle crime14
Criminal damage & arson26
Public order & weapons12
Drugs5
Robbery2
Other3

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 42 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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