Lynton & Combe Martin

North Devon · South West · population 5,594 · 4 LSOAs

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

36Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,413 of 6,856 in England
  • #561 of 710 in South West
  • #9 of 14 in North Devon
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,566
Median age (est.)55
Density40per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above31%
No car or van13%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 8%25–44 16%45–64 33%65+ 32%

Tenure

Own outright: 53%Mortgage/shared: 21%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 53%Mortgage/shared 21%Social rent 6%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 18%Lone parent: 7%Other: 23%
One person 31%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 18%Lone parent 7%Other 23%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 18% · Managers & directors 18% · Professional 12%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades18%
Managers & directors18%
Professional12%
Elementary11%
Caring & leisure10%
Associate professional10%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service8%
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 51% · No religion 41% · Other 0%

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

Lynton & Combe Martin is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,413 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 14 in North Devon. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (88) but weak on Housing & access (2). Typical homes here sold for about £320,000 over the past year, up 15% across five years (from 75 sales), 8% above the wider North Devon median of £295,000. Typical household take-home income is around £37,359 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 · #2,809
Employment 55 · #3,110
Education 42 · #3,960
Health 63 · #2,548
Crime 88 · #855
Housing & access 2 · #6,737
Living environment 2 · #6,702

House prices ?

£320,000median (12m) · -5.5% yr · n=75
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£320,00075-5.5%+15.3%
Detached£353,50034-28.6%-8.7%
Semi-detached£340,25014+10.7%+33.4%
Terraced£280,00013+3.7%+17.9%
Flat£182,50014-5.9%+12.7%
This area£320,000
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)£37,359±£5,319 · #4,252 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,889
Price-to-income ?8.6×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 ?

46Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

32 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 178 offences
North Devon62
South West71
England83

Rank #542 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences84
Theft30
Burglary11
Vehicle crime6
Criminal damage & arson15
Public order & weapons25
Drugs2
Robbery0
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 18 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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