Hatherleigh, Exbourne & North Tawton

West Devon · South West · population 10,324 · 5 LSOAs

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

37Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,337 of 6,856 in England
  • #550 of 710 in South West
  • #7 of 7 in West Devon
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,958
Median age (est.)48
Density38per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above29%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 22%45–64 29%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 45%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 45%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 9%Private rent 19%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 23%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 8%Other: 20%
One person 24%Couple, no children 23%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 8%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 20% · Managers & directors 14% · Professional 13%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades20%
Managers & directors14%
Professional13%
Caring & leisure11%
Associate professional10%
Elementary9%
Administrative8%
Process & plant7%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 42% · 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

Hatherleigh, Exbourne & North Tawton is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,337 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 7 in West Devon. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (95) but weak on Housing & access (2). Typical homes here sold for about £295,000 over the past year, up 11% across five years (from 187 sales), in line with the wider West Devon median of £298,250. Typical household take-home income is around £37,939 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 41 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 53 · #3,240
Employment 59 · #2,815
Education 33 · #4,577
Health 53 · #3,227
Crime 95 · #313
Housing & access 2 · #6,695
Living environment 11 · #6,085

House prices ?

£295,000median (12m) · -4.8% yr · n=187
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£295,000187-4.8%+11.3%
Detached£365,00099-7.6%+8.6%
Semi-detached£258,39649+3.0%+24.5%
Terraced£211,87534+5.3%+14.2%
Flat£132,5005+5.6%
This area£295,000
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)£37,939±£5,378 · #4,062 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,914
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 ?

52Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

41 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 427 offences
West Devon41
South West71
England83

Rank #1,368 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences241
Theft40
Burglary18
Vehicle crime14
Criminal damage & arson57
Public order & weapons39
Drugs10
Robbery0
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 47 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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