Yealmpton, Modbury & Aveton Gifford

South Hams · South West · population 8,126 · 4 LSOAs

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

59Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,829 of 6,856 in England
  • #327 of 710 in South West
  • #7 of 12 in South Hams
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,103
Median age (est.)52
Density69per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above45%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 7%25–44 18%45–64 30%65+ 29%

Tenure

Own outright: 46%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 46%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 11%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 7%Other: 22%
One person 27%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 7%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Managers & directors 18% · Skilled trades 16%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Managers & directors18%
Skilled trades16%
Associate professional13%
Administrative8%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary6%
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 49% · No religion 43% · Buddhist 1%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Yealmpton, Modbury & Aveton Gifford is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,829 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 12 in South Hams. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (100) but weak on Housing & access (5). Typical homes here sold for about £400,000 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 123 sales), 10% above the wider South Hams median of £365,000. Typical household take-home income is around £46,553 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 34 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 73 · #1,835
Employment 67 · #2,253
Education 88 · #834
Health 82 · #1,266
Crime 100 · #32
Housing & access 5 · #6,517
Living environment 16 · #5,770

House prices ?

£400,000median (12m) · -2.4% yr · n=123
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£400,000123-2.4%+10.3%
Detached£520,00057-8.4%+16.6%
Semi-detached£325,00023-9.0%-1.5%
Terraced£312,50040+13.5%+15.3%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£400,000
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)£46,553±£6,575 · #1,724 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,802
Price-to-income ?8.6×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 ?

46Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

34 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 274 offences
South Hams41
South West71
England83

Rank #707 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences110
Theft79
Burglary10
Vehicle crime7
Criminal damage & arson30
Public order & weapons27
Drugs1
Robbery1
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 24 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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