Chagford, Princetown & Dartmoor

West Devon · South West · population 6,997 · 4 LSOAs

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

41Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,015 of 6,856 in England
  • #512 of 710 in South West
  • #5 of 7 in West Devon
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,088
Median age (est.)52
Density20per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above39%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 8%25–44 20%45–64 32%65+ 28%

Tenure

Own outright: 48%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 48%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 10%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 7%Other: 21%
One person 28%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 7%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 19% · Professional 18% · Managers & directors 15%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades19%
Professional18%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional13%
Elementary9%
Caring & leisure8%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 0%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 0%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 42% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Chagford, Princetown & Dartmoor is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #4,015 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 7 in West Devon. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (89) but weak on Living environment (2). Typical homes here sold for about £391,250 over the past year, up 15% across five years (from 74 sales), 31% above the wider West Devon median of £298,250. Typical household take-home income is around £41,493 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 68 · #2,157
Employment 72 · #1,890
Education 57 · #2,959
Health 63 · #2,555
Crime 89 · #773
Housing & access 3 · #6,675
Living environment 2 · #6,743

House prices ?

£391,250median (12m) · -0.9% yr · n=74
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£391,25074-0.9%+14.7%
Detached£567,50028+2.6%+14.6%
Semi-detached£335,50022+29.0%+9.4%
Terraced£285,00021+4.2%+9.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£391,250
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)£41,493±£5,890 · #3,001 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,941
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 ?

36Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

31 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 217 offences
West Devon41
South West71
England83

Rank #480 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences114
Theft27
Burglary3
Vehicle crime21
Criminal damage & arson30
Public order & weapons11
Drugs6
Robbery1
Other4

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 30 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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