Stonehouse

Plymouth · South West · population 6,929 · 5 LSOAs

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

9Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,229 of 6,856 in England
  • #694 of 710 in South West
  • #31 of 33 in Plymouth
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,743
Median age (est.)41
Density4,796per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above33%
No car or van43%

Age

0–14 11%15–24 13%25–44 31%45–64 26%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 19%Mortgage/shared: 13%Social rent: 29%Private rent: 39%
Own outright 19%Mortgage/shared 13%Social rent 29%Private rent 39%

Households

One person: 55%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 9%Lone parent: 9%Other: 11%
One person 55%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 9%Lone parent 9%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Elementary 13% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Elementary13%
Managers & directors12%
Associate professional12%
Skilled trades11%
Caring & leisure11%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant8%
Administrative6%

Ethnic group

White: 90%Asian: 3%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 90%Asian 3%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

No religion 49% · Christian 40% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 18%

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

Stonehouse is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,229 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #31 of 33 in Plymouth. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (71) but weak on Crime (3). Typical homes here sold for about £233,000 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 93 sales), in line with the wider Plymouth median of £227,500. Typical household take-home income is around £30,702 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 217 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 14 · #5,893
Employment 7 · #6,360
Education 17 · #5,688
Health 6 · #6,442
Crime 3 · #6,620
Housing & access 71 · #2,000
Living environment 33 · #4,577

House prices ?

£233,000median (12m) · +16.5% yr · n=93
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£233,00093+16.5%+10.4%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Terraced£323,50016-17.1%+17.6%
Flat£224,00076+19.0%+22.4%
This area£233,000
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)£30,702±£4,661 · #6,265 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£24,776
Price-to-income ?7.6×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 ?

21Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

217 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,506 offences
Plymouth94
South West71
England83

Rank #6,220 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences784
Theft268
Burglary33
Vehicle crime55
Criminal damage & arson126
Public order & weapons142
Drugs61
Robbery13
Other24

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 387 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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