Morchard Bishop, Copplestone & Newton St Cyres

Mid Devon · South West · population 7,645 · 4 LSOAs

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

46Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,693 of 6,856 in England
  • #471 of 710 in South West
  • #7 of 11 in Mid Devon
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,493
Median age (est.)50
Density41per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above36%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 19%45–64 30%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 46%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 46%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 8%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 7%Other: 21%
One person 26%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 7%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Skilled trades 17% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Skilled trades17%
Managers & directors14%
Associate professional11%
Caring & leisure9%
Administrative8%
Elementary8%
Process & plant7%
Sales & customer service6%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 43% · 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

Morchard Bishop, Copplestone & Newton St Cyres sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,693 of 6,856 in England, and #7 of 11 in Mid Devon. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (99) but weak on Housing & access (0). Typical homes here sold for about £330,000 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 84 sales), 14% above the wider Mid Devon median of £290,000. Typical household take-home income is around £41,561 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 76 · #1,678
Employment 74 · #1,801
Education 71 · #2,000
Health 71 · #1,993
Crime 99 · #60
Housing & access 0 · #6,839
Living environment 6 · #6,407

House prices ?

£330,000median (12m) · -5.7% yr · n=84
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£330,00084-5.7%+17.9%
Detached£475,000420.0%+34.6%
Semi-detached£280,00020+1.8%+8.8%
Terraced£240,00021-11.1%+5.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£330,000
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)£41,561±£5,802 · #2,982 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,684
Price-to-income ?7.9×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 ?

54Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

29 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 221 offences
Mid Devon52
South West71
England83

Rank #341 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences118
Theft32
Burglary10
Vehicle crime7
Criminal damage & arson24
Public order & weapons24
Drugs0
Robbery0
Other6

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 12 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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