Lipson

Plymouth · South West · population 8,659 · 5 LSOAs

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

33Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,570 of 6,856 in England
  • #580 of 710 in South West
  • #18 of 33 in Plymouth
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,605
Median age (est.)31
Density10,376per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above37%
No car or van29%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 23%25–44 33%45–64 20%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 21%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 45%
Own outright 21%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 6%Private rent 45%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 8%Other: 21%
One person 34%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 8%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Associate professional 13% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades12%
Sales & customer service11%
Elementary11%
Caring & leisure11%
Managers & directors8%
Administrative8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 88%Asian: 5%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 88%Asian 5%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

No religion 55% · Christian 32% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 16%

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

Lipson is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,570 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #18 of 33 in Plymouth. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (69) but weak on Living environment (6). Typical homes here, about £220,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 26% in five years (from 115 sales), in line with the wider Plymouth median of £227,500. Typical household take-home income is around £37,765 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 108 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 41 · #4,049
Employment 35 · #4,447
Education 50 · #3,446
Health 32 · #4,666
Crime 16 · #5,756
Housing & access 69 · #2,130
Living environment 6 · #6,462

House prices ?

£220,000median (12m) · +1.4% yr · n=115
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£220,000115+1.4%+26.4%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Terraced£223,00094+1.4%+25.6%
Flat£136,75018+29.0%+60.9%
This area£220,000
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)£37,765±£5,357 · #4,124 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,302
Price-to-income ?5.8×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 ?

66Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

108 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 932 offences
Plymouth94
South West71
England83

Rank #5,142 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences445
Theft195
Burglary29
Vehicle crime45
Criminal damage & arson83
Public order & weapons60
Drugs52
Robbery5
Other18

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 137 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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