Bradninch, Silverton & Thorverton

Mid Devon · South West · population 8,542 · 4 LSOAs

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

60Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,747 of 6,856 in England
  • #318 of 710 in South West
  • #3 of 11 in Mid Devon
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,520
Median age (est.)47
Density67per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above38%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 21%45–64 29%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 41%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 41%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 10%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 8%Other: 18%
One person 26%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 8%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Managers & directors 16% · Skilled trades 14%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Managers & directors16%
Skilled trades14%
Associate professional13%
Caring & leisure9%
Administrative9%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

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 48% · No religion 45% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Bradninch, Silverton & Thorverton is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,747 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 11 in Mid Devon. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (93) but weak on Housing & access (3). Typical homes here sold for about £312,000 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 151 sales), 8% above the wider Mid Devon median of £290,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,893 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £43,865 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 34 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 71 · #2,013
Employment 75 · #1,691
Education 78 · #1,540
Health 73 · #1,828
Crime 93 · #485
Housing & access 3 · #6,627
Living environment 29 · #4,838

House prices ?

£312,000median (12m) · +4.0% yr · n=151
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£312,000151+4.0%+13.9%
Detached£410,00051+3.8%+7.9%
Semi-detached£300,00049+4.7%+9.1%
Terraced£260,00043+4.0%+17.5%
Flat£122,5008+21.0%+81.5%
This area£312,000
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)£43,865±£6,123 · #2,349 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,575
Price-to-income ?7.1×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 ?

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

Recorded crime ?

34 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 294 offences
Mid Devon52
South West71
England83

Rank #760 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences175
Theft25
Burglary12
Vehicle crime13
Criminal damage & arson33
Public order & weapons19
Drugs8
Robbery0
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 38 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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