Exwick & Foxhayes

Exeter · South West · population 7,353 · 5 LSOAs

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

42Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,001 of 6,856 in England
  • #510 of 710 in South West
  • #12 of 15 in Exeter
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,487
Median age (est.)39
Density2,237per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above28%
No car or van22%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 11%25–44 30%45–64 26%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 29%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 29%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 20%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 13%Other: 15%
One person 29%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 13%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Caring & leisure 12% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Caring & leisure12%
Elementary12%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative11%
Associate professional11%
Sales & customer service10%
Managers & directors9%
Process & plant8%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 53% · Christian 39% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 11%

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

Exwick & Foxhayes is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #4,001 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 15 in Exeter. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (84) and lowest on Education (31). Typical homes here sold for about £247,500 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 83 sales), 18% below the wider Exeter median of £300,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #2,042 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £39,033 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 52 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 35 · #4,440
Employment 39 · #4,159
Education 31 · #4,755
Health 35 · #4,481
Crime 62 · #2,582
Housing & access 34 · #4,550
Living environment 84 · #1,088

House prices ?

£247,500median (12m) · +7.6% yr · n=83
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£247,50083+7.6%+17.9%
Detached£350,0007-6.7%+2.9%
Semi-detached£285,00021+1.8%+29.5%
Terraced£227,00049-0.8%+13.5%
Flat£141,2506-6.1%+4.6%
This area£247,500
Exeter£300,000
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)£39,033±£5,477 · #3,705 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,462
Price-to-income ?6.3×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 ?

70Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

52 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 386 offences
Exeter96
South West71
England83

Rank #2,308 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences243
Theft33
Burglary8
Vehicle crime8
Criminal damage & arson43
Public order & weapons26
Drugs12
Robbery1
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 66 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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