Bideford South & East

Torridge · South West · population 13,140 · 6 LSOAs

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

30Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,790 of 6,856 in England
  • #604 of 710 in South West
  • #7 of 9 in Torridge
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents13,016
Median age (est.)42
Density356per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above23%
No car or van17%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 10%25–44 24%45–64 27%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 34%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 17%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 34%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 17%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 13%Other: 15%
One person 30%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 13%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Caring & leisure 16% · Skilled trades 16% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Caring & leisure16%
Skilled trades16%
Elementary12%
Professional12%
Associate professional10%
Sales & customer service9%
Managers & directors9%
Process & plant9%
Administrative8%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 0%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 0%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

No religion 52% · Christian 40% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Bideford South & East is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,790 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 9 in Torridge. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (74) but weak on Education (14). Typical homes here sold for about £230,000 over the past year, up 15% across five years (from 191 sales), 17% below the wider Torridge median of £277,750. Typical household take-home income is around £35,592 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 56 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 30 · #4,762
Employment 25 · #5,112
Education 14 · #5,866
Health 31 · #4,721
Crime 66 · #2,356
Housing & access 30 · #4,817
Living environment 74 · #1,746

House prices ?

£230,000median (12m) · +4.5% yr · n=191
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£230,000191+4.5%+15.0%
Detached£385,00037+13.2%+42.6%
Semi-detached£245,00044-5.8%+15.3%
Terraced£200,000930.0%+11.1%
Flat£150,00017+3.4%+21.5%
This area£230,000
Torridge£277,750
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)£35,592±£5,068 · #4,851 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,536
Price-to-income ?6.5×typical home ÷ net income — less 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 ?

58Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

56 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 730 offences
Torridge47
South West71
England83

Rank #2,524 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences401
Theft103
Burglary25
Vehicle crime22
Criminal damage & arson92
Public order & weapons55
Drugs15
Robbery2
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 165 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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