Tedburn, Shillingford & Higher Ashton

Teignbridge · South West · population 5,561 · 4 LSOAs

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

46Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,665 of 6,856 in England
  • #466 of 710 in South West
  • #14 of 19 in Teignbridge
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,490
Median age (est.)55
Density43per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above39%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 8%25–44 16%45–64 30%65+ 33%

Tenure

Own outright: 55%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 55%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 5%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 4%Other: 24%
One person 28%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 4%Other 24%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Managers & directors 19% · Skilled trades 15%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Managers & directors19%
Skilled trades15%
Associate professional12%
Administrative8%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary6%
Process & plant5%
Sales & customer service5%

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 53% · No religion 39% · Other 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

Tedburn, Shillingford & Higher Ashton sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,665 of 6,856 in England, and #14 of 19 in Teignbridge. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (99) but weak on Housing & access (0). Typical homes here sold for about £400,000 over the past year, down 5% across five years (from 35 sales), 33% above the wider Teignbridge median of £300,000. Typical household take-home income is around £39,790 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 27 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 83 · #1,136
Employment 80 · #1,349
Education 83 · #1,163
Health 74 · #1,780
Crime 99 · #46
Housing & access 0 · #6,833
Living environment 1 · #6,757

House prices ?

£400,000median (12m) · -19.2% yr · n=35
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£400,00035-19.2%-5.3%
Detached£580,00021+6.2%+11.5%
Semi-detached£307,50010-11.4%+4.2%
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=4)
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£400,000
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)£39,790±£5,573 · #3,481 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,732
Price-to-income ?10.1×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 ?

38Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

27 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 149 offences
Teignbridge53
South West71
England83

Rank #240 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences87
Theft19
Burglary10
Vehicle crime2
Criminal damage & arson14
Public order & weapons10
Drugs2
Robbery0
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 16 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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