City Centre, Barbican & Sutton Harbour

Plymouth · South West · population 12,108 · 6 LSOAs

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

19Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,537 of 6,856 in England
  • #660 of 710 in South West
  • #23 of 33 in Plymouth
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,318
Median age (est.)25
Density7,394per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above26%
No car or van57%

Age

0–14 7%15–24 45%25–44 24%45–64 14%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 13%Mortgage/shared: 9%Social rent: 32%Private rent: 46%
Own outright 13%Mortgage/shared 9%Social rent 32%Private rent 46%

Households

One person: 50%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 8%Lone parent: 9%Other: 18%
One person 50%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 8%Lone parent 9%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 16% · Professional 15% · Sales & customer service 14%

All occupation groups
Elementary16%
Professional15%
Sales & customer service14%
Associate professional13%
Caring & leisure10%
Process & plant9%
Skilled trades9%
Administrative8%
Managers & directors6%

Ethnic group

White: 83%Asian: 7%Black: 4%Mixed: 3%Other: 3%
White 83%Asian 7%Black 4%Mixed 3%Other 3%

Religion & identity

No religion 52% · Christian 31% · Muslim 4%

Born outside the UK: 23%

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

City Centre, Barbican & Sutton Harbour is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,537 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #23 of 33 in Plymouth. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (59) and lowest on Crime (6). Typical homes here sold for about £161,750 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 80 sales), 29% below the wider Plymouth median of £227,500. Typical household take-home income is around £28,773 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 361 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 30 · #4,769
Employment 30 · #4,783
Education 15 · #5,797
Health 8 · #6,284
Crime 6 · #6,442
Housing & access 59 · #2,788
Living environment 30 · #4,831

House prices ?

£161,750median (12m) · +7.8% yr · n=80
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£161,75080+7.8%+13.7%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Terraced£202,25020+13.9%+5.1%
Flat£137,00057+4.0%+15.1%
This area£161,750
Plymouth£227,500
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)£28,773±£4,461 · #6,594 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£24,374
Price-to-income ?5.6×typical home ÷ net income — less 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 ?

49Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

361 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 4,374 offences
Plymouth94
South West71
England83

Rank #6,377 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences1,979
Theft1,095
Burglary88
Vehicle crime42
Criminal damage & arson304
Public order & weapons499
Drugs238
Robbery65
Other64

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 1,053 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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