Shebbear, Cookworthy & Broadheath

Torridge · South West · population 7,417 · 4 LSOAs

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

32Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,646 of 6,856 in England
  • #590 of 710 in South West
  • #6 of 9 in Torridge
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,269
Median age (est.)55
Density26per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above26%
No car or van6%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 8%25–44 16%45–64 32%65+ 31%

Tenure

Own outright: 55%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 55%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 5%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 24%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 6%Other: 24%
One person 25%Couple, no children 24%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 6%Other 24%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 23% · Managers & directors 15% · Professional 12%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades23%
Managers & directors15%
Professional12%
Caring & leisure10%
Elementary9%
Administrative9%
Associate professional9%
Process & plant7%
Sales & customer service6%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 54% · No religion 37% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 3%

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

Shebbear, Cookworthy & Broadheath is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,646 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 9 in Torridge. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (99) but weak on Housing & access (0). Typical homes here sold for about £317,500 over the past year, down 2% across five years (from 86 sales), 14% above the wider Torridge median of £277,750. Typical household take-home income is around £34,920 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 32 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 62 · #2,637
Employment 57 · #2,939
Education 42 · #3,995
Health 72 · #1,924
Crime 99 · #39
Housing & access 0 · #6,853
Living environment 3 · #6,661

House prices ?

£317,500median (12m) · +4.1% yr · n=86
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£317,50086+4.1%-2.3%
Detached£377,47556+0.3%+6.3%
Semi-detached£230,00015-8.9%-17.9%
Terraced£189,00013-6.2%+11.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£317,500
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)£34,920±£4,987 · #5,063 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,697
Price-to-income ?9.1×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 ?

43Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

32 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 235 offences
Torridge47
South West71
England83

Rank #536 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences136
Theft25
Burglary22
Vehicle crime7
Criminal damage & arson23
Public order & weapons15
Drugs2
Robbery0
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 21 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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