Braunton

North Devon · South West · population 9,422 · 5 LSOAs

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

73Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,828 of 6,856 in England
  • #192 of 710 in South West
  • #2 of 14 in North Devon
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,207
Median age (est.)45
Density255per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above30%
No car or van15%

Age

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

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 9%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 9%Other: 18%
One person 30%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 9%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Associate professional 19% · Professional 16% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Associate professional19%
Professional16%
Managers & directors13%
Skilled trades13%
Elementary10%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 46% · No religion 45% · Buddhist 1%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Braunton is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,828 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 14 in North Devon. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (96) but weak on Housing & access (22). Typical homes here, about £380,600 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 35% in five years (from 124 sales), 29% above the wider North Devon median of £295,000. Typical household take-home income is around £39,673 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 36 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 · #2,171
Employment 73 · #1,822
Education 70 · #2,075
Health 62 · #2,617
Crime 96 · #259
Housing & access 22 · #5,372
Living environment 66 · #2,363

House prices ?

£380,600median (12m) · +8.7% yr · n=124
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£380,600124+8.7%+35.4%
Detached£458,00055+2.6%+23.7%
Semi-detached£384,50028+9.9%+39.8%
Terraced£300,00034+13.2%+30.4%
Flat£165,5007-11.5%+4.7%
This area£380,600
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)£39,673±£5,603 · #3,522 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,136
Price-to-income ?9.6×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 ?

61Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

36 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 335 offences
North Devon62
South West71
England83

Rank #868 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences179
Theft51
Burglary8
Vehicle crime5
Criminal damage & arson50
Public order & weapons20
Drugs8
Robbery0
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 64 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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