St Marychurch & Maidencombe

Torbay · South West · population 5,838 · 4 LSOAs

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

33Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,584 of 6,856 in England
  • #582 of 710 in South West
  • #10 of 17 in Torbay
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,877
Median age (est.)52
Density1,359per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above26%
No car or van26%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 9%25–44 19%45–64 28%65+ 30%

Tenure

Own outright: 40%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 30%
Own outright 40%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 5%Private rent 30%

Households

One person: 39%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 19%Lone parent: 10%Other: 18%
One person 39%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 19%Lone parent 10%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

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

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Caring & leisure14%
Skilled trades12%
Associate professional12%
Managers & directors12%
Elementary12%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 41% · Muslim 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

St Marychurch & Maidencombe is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,584 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 17 in Torbay. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (69) and lowest on Health (17). Typical homes here sold for about £234,750 over the past year, up 15% across five years (from 84 sales), 6% below the wider Torbay median of £250,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,267 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 74 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 38 · #4,221
Employment 27 · #5,016
Education 37 · #4,337
Health 17 · #5,688
Crime 44 · #3,837
Housing & access 69 · #2,096
Living environment 29 · #4,872

House prices ?

£234,750median (12m) · +2.1% yr · n=84
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£234,75084+2.1%+15.1%
Detached£575,00012+55.4%+62.0%
Semi-detached£285,00011+14.0%+23.9%
Terraced£220,00033-9.5%+15.8%
Flat£187,50028+17.2%+13.6%
This area£234,750
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)£33,267±£4,813 · #5,583 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,166
Price-to-income ?7.1×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 ?

62Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

74 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 430 offences
Torbay92
South West71
England83

Rank #3,748 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences238
Theft76
Burglary9
Vehicle crime9
Criminal damage & arson41
Public order & weapons32
Drugs15
Robbery0
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 65 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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