St Thomas East

Exeter · South West · population 8,090 · 5 LSOAs

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

47Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,638 of 6,856 in England
  • #463 of 710 in South West
  • #10 of 15 in Exeter
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,068
Median age (est.)38
Density7,646per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above36%
No car or van28%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 11%25–44 33%45–64 25%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 28%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 27%
Own outright 28%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 12%Private rent 27%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 10%Other: 16%
One person 32%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 10%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Associate professional 13% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Associate professional13%
Elementary12%
Caring & leisure10%
Skilled trades10%
Managers & directors9%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 93%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 51% · Christian 39% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 14%

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

St Thomas East sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,638 of 6,856 in England, and #10 of 15 in Exeter. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (88) but weak on Living environment (22). Typical homes here sold for about £265,000 over the past year, up 23% across five years (from 99 sales), 12% below the wider Exeter median of £300,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,941 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £38,188 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 109 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 52 · #3,323
Employment 48 · #3,542
Education 45 · #3,782
Health 28 · #4,947
Crime 40 · #4,084
Housing & access 88 · #786
Living environment 22 · #5,338

House prices ?

£265,000median (12m) · +6.0% yr · n=99
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£265,00099+6.0%+23.3%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Semi-detached£405,00013+25.6%+60.4%
Terraced£266,25066+1.0%+19.4%
Flat£171,50016-5.6%+5.6%
This area£265,000
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)£38,188±£5,370 · #3,977 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,398
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 ?

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

Recorded crime ?

109 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 883 offences
Exeter96
South West71
England83

Rank #5,185 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences301
Theft359
Burglary12
Vehicle crime26
Criminal damage & arson70
Public order & weapons71
Drugs25
Robbery10
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 144 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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