Ford & Blockhouse Park

Plymouth · South West · population 7,972 · 5 LSOAs

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

23Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,270 of 6,856 in England
  • #642 of 710 in South West
  • #20 of 33 in Plymouth
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,958
Median age (est.)39
Density9,634per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above28%
No car or van29%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 11%25–44 30%45–64 28%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 23%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 38%
Own outright 23%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 9%Private rent 38%

Households

One person: 41%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 19%Lone parent: 10%Other: 12%
One person 41%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 19%Lone parent 10%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Skilled trades 14% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Skilled trades14%
Associate professional13%
Elementary12%
Caring & leisure11%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant8%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 94%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 55% · Christian 37% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 10%

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

Ford & Blockhouse Park is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,270 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #20 of 33 in Plymouth. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (79) but weak on Living environment (9). Typical homes here sold for about £178,000 over the past year, up 23% across five years (from 138 sales), 22% below the wider Plymouth median of £227,500. Typical household take-home income is around £35,893 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 119 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 32 · #4,687
Employment 18 · #5,633
Education 36 · #4,378
Health 19 · #5,523
Crime 16 · #5,722
Housing & access 79 · #1,431
Living environment 9 · #6,264

House prices ?

£178,000median (12m) · +1.7% yr · n=138
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£178,000138+1.7%+22.8%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Terraced£187,000101+1.1%+21.8%
Flat£112,50033+7.1%+28.2%
This area£178,000
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)£35,893±£5,053 · #4,739 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,242
Price-to-income ?5.0×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 ?

55Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

119 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 948 offences
Plymouth94
South West71
England83

Rank #5,429 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences481
Theft187
Burglary19
Vehicle crime50
Criminal damage & arson81
Public order & weapons67
Drugs33
Robbery9
Other21

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 139 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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