Glenholt & Widewell

Plymouth · South West · population 7,418 · 4 LSOAs

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

88Area Score / 100 ?
  • #834 of 6,856 in England
  • #64 of 710 in South West
  • #3 of 33 in Plymouth
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,306
Median age (est.)50
Density2,023per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above30%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 8%25–44 21%45–64 26%65+ 30%

Tenure

Own outright: 52%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 52%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 6%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 6%Other: 22%
One person 25%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 6%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Associate professional 16% · Administrative 12%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Associate professional16%
Administrative12%
Managers & directors11%
Skilled trades11%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 55% · No religion 37% · Muslim 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

Glenholt & Widewell is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #834 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 33 in Plymouth. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (98) and lowest on Housing & access (54). Typical homes here sold for about £296,000 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 100 sales), 30% above the wider Plymouth median of £227,500. Typical household take-home income is around £40,782 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 39 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 85 · #1,019
Employment 73 · #1,876
Education 68 · #2,205
Health 66 · #2,322
Crime 97 · #217
Housing & access 54 · #3,138
Living environment 98 · #163

House prices ?

£296,000median (12m) · -8.9% yr · n=100
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£296,000100-8.9%+18.4%
Detached£425,00038-0.7%+21.4%
Semi-detached£280,00031-5.9%+27.9%
Terraced£222,50026-8.9%-2.7%
Flat£148,0005+24.6%
This area£296,000
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)£40,782±£5,843 · #3,182 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£40,103
Price-to-income ?7.3×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

92Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

39 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 292 offences
Plymouth94
South West71
England83

Rank #1,207 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences133
Theft83
Burglary10
Vehicle crime3
Criminal damage & arson21
Public order & weapons22
Drugs3
Robbery1
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 30 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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