Bere Alston, Buckland Monachorum & Yelverton

West Devon · South West · population 6,595 · 4 LSOAs

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

54Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,117 of 6,856 in England
  • #374 of 710 in South West
  • #3 of 7 in West Devon
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,546
Median age (est.)54
Density128per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above40%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 8%25–44 16%45–64 30%65+ 32%

Tenure

Own outright: 49%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 49%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 11%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 7%Other: 22%
One person 30%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 7%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Skilled trades 14% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Skilled trades14%
Managers & directors13%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative9%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant5%

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 52% · No religion 41% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Bere Alston, Buckland Monachorum & Yelverton sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,117 of 6,856 in England, and #3 of 7 in West Devon. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (96) but weak on Housing & access (7). Typical homes here sold for about £309,375 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 94 sales), in line with the wider West Devon median of £298,250. Typical household take-home income is around £39,562 a year, around the middle 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 66 · #2,356
Employment 56 · #3,001
Education 59 · #2,795
Health 64 · #2,493
Crime 96 · #238
Housing & access 7 · #6,387
Living environment 37 · #4,330

House prices ?

£309,375median (12m) · +10.5% yr · n=94
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£309,37594+10.5%+10.5%
Detached£495,00036-7.0%+32.0%
Semi-detached£280,00025+9.8%+11.5%
Terraced£245,00024-6.7%+44.3%
Flat£140,0009-8.5%
This area£309,375
West Devon£298,250
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)£39,562±£5,539 · #3,548 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,043
Price-to-income ?7.8×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 ?

68Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

31 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 204 offences
West Devon41
South West71
England83

Rank #472 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences117
Theft19
Burglary11
Vehicle crime7
Criminal damage & arson23
Public order & weapons17
Drugs6
Robbery0
Other4

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 27 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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