Middlemoor & Sowton

Exeter · South West · population 13,073 · 7 LSOAs

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

88Area Score / 100 ?
  • #841 of 6,856 in England
  • #67 of 710 in South West
  • #2 of 15 in Exeter
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents12,770
Median age (est.)39
Density1,781per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above38%
No car or van12%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 11%25–44 29%45–64 25%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 34%Mortgage/shared: 38%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 34%Mortgage/shared 38%Social rent 10%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 8%Other: 17%
One person 24%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 8%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 26% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional26%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors12%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades9%
Elementary8%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 4%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 92%Asian 4%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 44% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 12%

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

Middlemoor & Sowton is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #841 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 15 in Exeter. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (94) and lowest on Health (61). Typical homes here sold for about £310,625 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+8%) (from 186 sales), in line with the wider Exeter median of £300,000. Typical household take-home income is around £44,882 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 98 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 76 · #1,609
Employment 76 · #1,609
Education 69 · #2,096
Health 61 · #2,678
Crime 92 · #553
Housing & access 72 · #1,911
Living environment 94 · #382

House prices ?

£310,625median (12m) · -3.7% yr · n=186
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£310,625186-3.7%+7.9%
Detached£488,75048+2.9%+18.5%
Semi-detached£332,00059-3.5%+16.5%
Terraced£273,00061-4.9%+8.1%
Flat£201,25018+1.1%+18.4%
This area£310,625
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)£44,882±£6,512 · #2,109 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,902
Price-to-income ?6.9×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 ?

90Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

98 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,285 offences
Exeter96
South West71
England83

Rank #4,880 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences521
Theft275
Burglary28
Vehicle crime34
Criminal damage & arson136
Public order & weapons144
Drugs73
Robbery3
Other71

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 194 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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