Salcombe, Malborough & Thurlestone

South Hams · South West · population 5,134 · 3 LSOAs

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

61Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,685 of 6,856 in England
  • #308 of 710 in South West
  • #5 of 12 in South Hams
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,124
Median age (est.)57
Density90per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above37%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 8%25–44 17%45–64 29%65+ 35%

Tenure

Own outright: 51%Mortgage/shared: 21%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 51%Mortgage/shared 21%Social rent 14%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 19%Lone parent: 6%Other: 24%
One person 32%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 19%Lone parent 6%Other 24%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 23% · Skilled trades 20% · Professional 14%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors23%
Skilled trades20%
Professional14%
Associate professional11%
Elementary9%
Caring & leisure7%
Administrative7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 99%Asian: 0%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 99%Asian 0%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 55% · No religion 37% · Other 0%

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

Salcombe, Malborough & Thurlestone is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,685 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 12 in South Hams. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (93) but weak on Housing & access (7). Typical homes here sold for about £565,000 over the past year, down 3% across five years (from 105 sales), 55% above the wider South Hams median of £365,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,226 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 35 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 75 · #1,719
Employment 75 · #1,684
Education 64 · #2,486
Health 89 · #759
Crime 93 · #478
Housing & access 7 · #6,380
Living environment 14 · #5,866

House prices ?

£565,000median (12m) · -15.2% yr · n=105
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£565,000105-15.2%-2.6%
Detached£838,07548+15.6%+15.2%
Semi-detached£500,00014-21.6%+25.0%
Terraced£321,75027-33.7%-2.5%
Flat£460,00016-27.9%-12.4%
This area£565,000
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)£40,226±£5,768 · #3,355 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,676
Price-to-income ?14.0×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 ?

18Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

35 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 182 offences
South Hams41
South West71
England83

Rank #853 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences85
Theft31
Burglary16
Vehicle crime11
Criminal damage & arson18
Public order & weapons17
Drugs1
Robbery0
Other3

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 20 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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