Heavitree West & Polsloe

Exeter · South West · population 8,633 · 5 LSOAs

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

72Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,952 of 6,856 in England
  • #212 of 710 in South West
  • #4 of 15 in Exeter
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,295
Median age (est.)31
Density7,657per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above41%
No car or van28%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 27%25–44 29%45–64 19%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 26%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 36%
Own outright 26%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 10%Private rent 36%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 8%Other: 24%
One person 30%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 8%Other 24%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 32% · Associate professional 14% · Elementary 9%

All occupation groups
Professional32%
Associate professional14%
Elementary9%
Managers & directors9%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service8%
Administrative8%
Skilled trades7%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 88%Asian: 6%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 88%Asian 6%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

No religion 53% · Christian 34% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 17%

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

Heavitree West & Polsloe is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,952 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 15 in Exeter. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (88) but weak on Living environment (21). Typical homes here sold for about £295,000 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 106 sales), in line with the wider Exeter median of £300,000. Typical household take-home income is around £38,834 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 73 · #1,863
Employment 83 · #1,177
Education 59 · #2,781
Health 45 · #3,796
Crime 69 · #2,109
Housing & access 88 · #814
Living environment 21 · #5,427

House prices ?

£295,000median (12m) · -3.3% yr · n=106
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£295,000106-3.3%+17.4%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detached£330,00014+4.4%
Terraced£300,00075-1.2%+11.1%
Flat£159,00015-35.4%-4.2%
This area£295,000
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)£38,834±£5,671 · #3,761 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,925
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 ?

85Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

52 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 450 offences
Exeter96
South West71
England83

Rank #2,274 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences218
Theft93
Burglary22
Vehicle crime18
Criminal damage & arson36
Public order & weapons37
Drugs14
Robbery4
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 73 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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