Blatchcombe & Blagdon

Torbay · South West · population 13,165 · 8 LSOAs

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

20Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,482 of 6,856 in England
  • #657 of 710 in South West
  • #13 of 17 in Torbay
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents12,957
Median age (est.)40
Density1,175per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above22%
No car or van17%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 11%25–44 24%45–64 26%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 32%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 19%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 32%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 19%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 14%Other: 17%
One person 26%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 14%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Caring & leisure 15% · Skilled trades 14% · Professional 12%

All occupation groups
Caring & leisure15%
Skilled trades14%
Professional12%
Elementary11%
Managers & directors11%
Associate professional11%
Sales & customer service9%
Administrative8%
Process & plant8%

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 49% · Christian 43% · 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

Blatchcombe & Blagdon is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,482 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 17 in Torbay. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (74) but weak on Education (15). Typical homes here sold for about £255,000 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 159 sales), in line with the wider Torbay median of £250,000. Typical household take-home income is around £35,302 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 99 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 19 · #5,537
Employment 17 · #5,708
Education 15 · #5,804
Health 19 · #5,537
Crime 41 · #4,015
Housing & access 29 · #4,851
Living environment 74 · #1,801

House prices ?

£255,000median (12m) · +5.2% yr · n=159
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£255,000159+5.2%+21.5%
Detached£354,99850-0.8%+19.1%
Semi-detached£242,50049-1.0%+22.5%
Terraced£220,00049+2.1%+18.9%
Flat£138,00011+29.0%+10.4%
This area£255,000
Torbay£250,000
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)£35,302±£5,015 · #4,934 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,998
Price-to-income ?7.2×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 ?

37Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

99 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,306 offences
Torbay92
South West71
England83

Rank #4,902 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences743
Theft177
Burglary33
Vehicle crime41
Criminal damage & arson131
Public order & weapons104
Drugs34
Robbery2
Other41

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 227 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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