Peverell

Plymouth · South West · population 7,586 · 5 LSOAs

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

76Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,609 of 6,856 in England
  • #159 of 710 in South West
  • #8 of 33 in Plymouth
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,537
Median age (est.)40
Density5,456per km²
No qualifications9%
Degree or above44%
No car or van18%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 11%25–44 29%45–64 28%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 33%Mortgage/shared: 40%Social rent: 1%Private rent: 26%
Own outright 33%Mortgage/shared 40%Social rent 1%Private rent 26%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 9%Other: 13%
One person 29%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 9%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 29% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional29%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors12%
Administrative9%
Skilled trades9%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service7%
Elementary6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 92%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

No religion 50% · Christian 41% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 11%

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

Peverell is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,609 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 33 in Plymouth. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (97) but weak on Living environment (8). Typical homes here sold for about £272,500 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 167 sales), 20% above the wider Plymouth median of £227,500. Typical household take-home income is around £43,417 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 52 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 83 · #1,163
Employment 74 · #1,767
Education 88 · #814
Health 59 · #2,802
Crime 80 · #1,403
Housing & access 97 · #176
Living environment 8 · #6,339

House prices ?

£272,500median (12m) · -1.8% yr · n=167
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£272,500167-1.8%+18.5%
Detached£362,5006
Semi-detached£310,50012+21.8%+38.0%
Terraced£287,500120+0.9%+23.0%
Flat£135,00029-5.3%-2.6%
This area£272,500
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)£43,417±£6,177 · #2,462 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,085
Price-to-income ?6.3×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 ?

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

Recorded crime ?

52 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 396 offences
Plymouth94
South West71
England83

Rank #2,284 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences192
Theft61
Burglary8
Vehicle crime27
Criminal damage & arson47
Public order & weapons30
Drugs18
Robbery4
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 84 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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