Uffculme & Hemyock

Mid Devon · South West · population 6,921 · 3 LSOAs

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

57Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,918 of 6,856 in England
  • #337 of 710 in South West
  • #5 of 11 in Mid Devon
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,783
Median age (est.)49
Density82per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above35%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 9%25–44 19%45–64 30%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 43%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 43%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 13%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 8%Other: 19%
One person 27%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 8%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Skilled trades 16% · Managers & directors 15%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Skilled trades16%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure9%
Administrative9%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service6%
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 49% · No religion 44% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Uffculme & Hemyock is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,918 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 11 in Mid Devon. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (96) but weak on Housing & access (6). Typical homes here, about £345,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 27% in five years (from 74 sales), 19% above the wider Mid Devon median of £290,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,661 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 31 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 68 · #2,219
Employment 74 · #1,787
Education 76 · #1,623
Health 80 · #1,369
Crime 96 · #279
Housing & access 6 · #6,421
Living environment 14 · #5,866

House prices ?

£345,000median (12m) · -11.5% yr · n=74
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£345,00074-11.5%+27.2%
Detached£400,00048-19.2%+11.9%
Semi-detached£248,00010-17.9%+8.3%
Terraced£240,00015+1.1%+33.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£345,000
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)£40,661±£5,681 · #3,224 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,709
Price-to-income ?8.5×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 ?

60Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

31 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 214 offences
Mid Devon52
South West71
England83

Rank #471 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences126
Theft21
Burglary6
Vehicle crime7
Criminal damage & arson22
Public order & weapons23
Drugs3
Robbery0
Other6

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 28 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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