Holsworthy, Bradworthy & Welcombe

Torridge · South West · population 10,323 · 5 LSOAs

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

29Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,845 of 6,856 in England
  • #607 of 710 in South West
  • #8 of 9 in Torridge
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,188
Median age (est.)51
Density40per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above24%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 19%45–64 29%65+ 27%

Tenure

Own outright: 49%Mortgage/shared: 22%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 49%Mortgage/shared 22%Social rent 9%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 7%Other: 21%
One person 28%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 7%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 23% · Managers & directors 13% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades23%
Managers & directors13%
Elementary12%
Caring & leisure11%
Professional10%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service8%
Associate professional8%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 99%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 99%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 42% · Other 0%

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

Holsworthy, Bradworthy & Welcombe is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,845 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 9 in Torridge. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (91) but weak on Housing & access (0). Typical homes here sold for about £305,000 over the past year, up 19% across five years (from 121 sales), 10% above the wider Torridge median of £277,750. Typical household take-home income is around £32,613 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 44 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 46 · #3,700
Employment 48 · #3,535
Education 32 · #4,694
Health 60 · #2,713
Crime 91 · #608
Housing & access 0 · #6,846
Living environment 5 · #6,503

House prices ?

£305,000median (12m) · +1.7% yr · n=121
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£305,000121+1.7%+19.4%
Detached£360,00073+2.9%+22.4%
Semi-detached£270,00024+7.7%+30.5%
Terraced£175,00023-22.2%-3.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£305,000
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)£32,613±£4,758 · #5,801 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,688
Price-to-income ?9.4×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 ?

41Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

44 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 459 offences
Torridge47
South West71
England83

Rank #1,637 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences277
Theft66
Burglary12
Vehicle crime9
Criminal damage & arson35
Public order & weapons37
Drugs6
Robbery0
Other17

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 44 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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