Ashburton & Buckfastleigh

Teignbridge · South West · population 7,892 · 5 LSOAs

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

41Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,036 of 6,856 in England
  • #515 of 710 in South West
  • #16 of 19 in Teignbridge
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,795
Median age (est.)49
Density198per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above37%
No car or van14%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 20%45–64 30%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 40%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 22%
Own outright 40%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 14%Private rent 22%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 10%Other: 17%
One person 34%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 10%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Skilled trades 15% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Skilled trades15%
Managers & directors13%
Associate professional12%
Elementary10%
Caring & leisure10%
Process & plant7%
Administrative7%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 43% · Other 2%

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

Ashburton & Buckfastleigh is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #4,036 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 19 in Teignbridge. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (75) but weak on Housing & access (14). Typical homes here sold for about £280,000 over the past year, up 19% across five years (from 99 sales), 7% below the wider Teignbridge median of £300,000. Typical household take-home income is around £38,358 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 48 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 39 · #4,166
Employment 41 · #4,063
Education 42 · #3,995
Health 56 · #3,014
Crime 75 · #1,719
Housing & access 14 · #5,921
Living environment 31 · #4,755

House prices ?

£280,000median (12m) · +13.8% yr · n=99
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£280,00099+13.8%+19.2%
Detached£425,00035+16.4%+4.2%
Semi-detached£269,00013-6.9%-2.5%
Terraced£237,50040+6.7%+6.8%
Flat£145,00011-17.8%+16.0%
This area£280,000
Teignbridge£300,000
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)£38,358±£5,441 · #3,913 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,599
Price-to-income ?7.3×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 ?

61Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

48 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 376 offences
Teignbridge53
South West71
England83

Rank #1,909 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences231
Theft38
Burglary6
Vehicle crime6
Criminal damage & arson38
Public order & weapons31
Drugs12
Robbery0
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 33 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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