Bow, Lapford & Yeoford

Mid Devon · South West · population 6,478 · 4 LSOAs

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

36Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,351 of 6,856 in England
  • #551 of 710 in South West
  • #9 of 11 in Mid Devon
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,503
Median age (est.)51
Density40per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above34%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 18%45–64 32%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 48%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 48%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 8%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 7%Other: 21%
One person 25%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 7%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 19% · Professional 16% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades19%
Professional16%
Managers & directors14%
Associate professional10%
Administrative10%
Elementary10%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 0%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 0%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 41% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Bow, Lapford & Yeoford is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,351 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 11 in Mid Devon. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (94) but weak on Housing & access (0). Typical homes here, about £340,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 31% in five years (from 67 sales), 17% above the wider Mid Devon median of £290,000. Typical household take-home income is around £39,477 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 29 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 66 · #2,308
Employment 60 · #2,740
Education 57 · #2,946
Health 67 · #2,240
Crime 94 · #416
Housing & access 0 · #6,853
Living environment 4 · #6,565

House prices ?

£340,000median (12m) · -5.3% yr · n=67
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£340,00067-5.3%+31.4%
Detached£425,000360.0%+39.7%
Semi-detached£310,00016+5.1%+37.3%
Terraced£215,000150.0%+16.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£340,000
Mid Devon£290,000
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)£39,477±£5,520 · #3,574 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,912
Price-to-income ?8.6×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 ?

42Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

29 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 190 offences
Mid Devon52
South West71
England83

Rank #361 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences101
Theft22
Burglary11
Vehicle crime7
Criminal damage & arson23
Public order & weapons14
Drugs7
Robbery0
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 17 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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