Stoke & Pennycomequick

Plymouth · South West · population 6,737 · 4 LSOAs

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

36Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,392 of 6,856 in England
  • #557 of 710 in South West
  • #17 of 33 in Plymouth
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,676
Median age (est.)42
Density5,502per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above33%
No car or van25%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 15%25–44 26%45–64 27%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 30%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 28%
Own outright 30%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 12%Private rent 28%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 11%Other: 17%
One person 34%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 11%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Associate professional 13% · Skilled trades 11%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades11%
Caring & leisure11%
Elementary10%
Managers & directors10%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 91%Asian: 4%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 91%Asian 4%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 49% · Christian 41% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 13%

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

Stoke & Pennycomequick is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,392 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #17 of 33 in Plymouth. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (84) but weak on Living environment (20). Typical homes here sold for about £230,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 96 sales), in line with the wider Plymouth median of £227,500. Typical household take-home income is around £38,202 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 91 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 39 · #4,159
Employment 30 · #4,797
Education 50 · #3,405
Health 22 · #5,345
Crime 36 · #4,385
Housing & access 84 · #1,115
Living environment 20 · #5,482

House prices ?

£230,000median (12m) · +9.5% yr · n=96
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£230,00096+9.5%+16.5%
Detached£405,0008+27.4%
Semi-detached£331,0008-27.6%+16.2%
Terraced£240,00052+4.3%+21.5%
Flat£135,00028+0.9%+18.4%
This area£230,000
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)£38,202±£5,366 · #3,968 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,042
Price-to-income ?6.0×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 ?

67Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

91 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 614 offences
Plymouth94
South West71
England83

Rank #4,597 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences284
Theft131
Burglary8
Vehicle crime36
Criminal damage & arson66
Public order & weapons48
Drugs22
Robbery6
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 90 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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