Marldon, Stoke Gabriel & Kingswear

South Hams · South West · population 7,691 · 4 LSOAs

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

60Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,713 of 6,856 in England
  • #312 of 710 in South West
  • #6 of 12 in South Hams
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,711
Median age (est.)55
Density69per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above41%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 7%25–44 17%45–64 31%65+ 32%

Tenure

Own outright: 55%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 55%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 6%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 6%Other: 24%
One person 26%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 6%Other 24%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Managers & directors 19% · Skilled trades 15%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Managers & directors19%
Skilled trades15%
Associate professional13%
Administrative8%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 40% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Marldon, Stoke Gabriel & Kingswear is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,713 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 12 in South Hams. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (98) but weak on Housing & access (5). Typical homes here sold for about £420,000 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 105 sales), 15% above the wider South Hams median of £365,000. Typical household take-home income is around £43,249 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 32 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 80 · #1,355
Employment 69 · #2,130
Education 85 · #1,047
Health 87 · #876
Crime 98 · #156
Housing & access 5 · #6,503
Living environment 15 · #5,832

House prices ?

£420,000median (12m) · -2.3% yr · n=105
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£420,000105-2.3%+9.8%
Detached£605,00043+10.0%+32.7%
Semi-detached£370,00021-3.4%+27.6%
Terraced£337,50030+3.8%+21.8%
Flat£343,70011-20.1%-1.7%
This area£420,000
South Hams£365,000
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)£43,249±£6,081 · #2,509 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£40,351
Price-to-income ?9.7×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

43Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

32 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 245 offences
South Hams41
South West71
England83

Rank #551 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences121
Theft52
Burglary7
Vehicle crime4
Criminal damage & arson27
Public order & weapons25
Drugs4
Robbery0
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 31 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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