Bishop's Nympton, Witheridge & Chulmleigh

North Devon · South West · population 7,162 · 3 LSOAs

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

31Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,714 of 6,856 in England
  • #599 of 710 in South West
  • #10 of 14 in North Devon
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,018
Median age (est.)54
Density26per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above29%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 8%25–44 17%45–64 31%65+ 31%

Tenure

Own outright: 50%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 50%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 9%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 5%Other: 22%
One person 28%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 5%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 25% · Managers & directors 15% · Professional 14%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades25%
Managers & directors15%
Professional14%
Associate professional10%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary9%
Administrative8%
Process & plant6%
Sales & customer service5%

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 54% · No religion 38% · 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

Bishop's Nympton, Witheridge & Chulmleigh is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,714 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 14 in North Devon. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (96) but weak on Housing & access (0). Typical homes here sold for about £299,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+1%) (from 74 sales), in line with the wider North Devon median of £295,000. Typical household take-home income is around £36,773 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 32 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 59 · #2,836
Employment 54 · #3,131
Education 47 · #3,631
Health 61 · #2,651
Crime 96 · #259
Housing & access 0 · #6,846
Living environment 1 · #6,757

House prices ?

£299,000median (12m) · -1.2% yr · n=74
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£299,00074-1.2%+1.4%
Detached£342,50032-12.2%+12.3%
Semi-detached£245,00023-9.3%0.0%
Terraced£235,00018+14.1%+21.8%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£299,000
North Devon£295,000
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)£36,773±£5,172 · #4,439 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,950
Price-to-income ?8.1×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 ?

45Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

32 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 226 offences
North Devon62
South West71
England83

Rank #526 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences110
Theft33
Burglary10
Vehicle crime6
Criminal damage & arson29
Public order & weapons27
Drugs1
Robbery2
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 23 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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