Winkleigh & High Bickington

Torridge · South West · population 7,295 · 4 LSOAs

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

35Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,426 of 6,856 in England
  • #564 of 710 in South West
  • #4 of 9 in Torridge
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,305
Median age (est.)55
Density31per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above28%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 7%25–44 16%45–64 32%65+ 32%

Tenure

Own outright: 53%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 53%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 5%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 24%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 6%Other: 24%
One person 27%Couple, no children 24%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 6%Other 24%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 22% · Professional 14% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades22%
Professional14%
Managers & directors14%
Associate professional9%
Caring & leisure9%
Administrative9%
Elementary9%
Process & plant7%
Sales & customer service6%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 55% · No religion 37% · 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

Winkleigh & High Bickington is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,426 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 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 £313,750 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 106 sales), 13% above the wider Torridge median of £277,750. Typical household take-home income is around £34,528 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 31 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 63 · #2,562
Employment 60 · #2,733
Education 55 · #3,055
Health 65 · #2,377
Crime 99 · #80
Housing & access 0 · #6,853
Living environment 3 · #6,654

House prices ?

£313,750median (12m) · -2.6% yr · n=106
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£313,750106-2.6%+16.2%
Detached£360,00065-9.4%+7.5%
Semi-detached£262,50022+2.4%+21.0%
Terraced£225,00017+5.9%+15.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£313,750
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)£34,528±£4,905 · #5,185 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,742
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 ?

47Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

31 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 224 offences
Torridge47
South West71
England83

Rank #453 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences124
Theft22
Burglary18
Vehicle crime5
Criminal damage & arson27
Public order & weapons19
Drugs2
Robbery0
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 13 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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