Lifton, Lamerton & Bridestowe

West Devon · South West · population 7,052 · 4 LSOAs

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

37Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,330 of 6,856 in England
  • #549 of 710 in South West
  • #6 of 7 in West Devon
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,904
Median age (est.)54
Density26per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above33%
No car or van5%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 9%25–44 17%45–64 33%65+ 29%

Tenure

Own outright: 50%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 50%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 5%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 24%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 5%Other: 23%
One person 23%Couple, no children 24%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 5%Other 23%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 21% · Professional 16% · Managers & directors 16%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades21%
Professional16%
Managers & directors16%
Associate professional10%
Elementary10%
Caring & leisure8%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

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 53% · No religion 39% · 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

Lifton, Lamerton & Bridestowe is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,330 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 7 in West Devon. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (97) but weak on Living environment (0). Typical homes here sold for about £375,000 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 79 sales), 26% above the wider West Devon median of £298,250. Typical household take-home income is around £37,996 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 28 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 69 · #2,151
Employment 73 · #1,869
Education 58 · #2,898
Health 73 · #1,849
Crime 97 · #217
Housing & access 1 · #6,812
Living environment 0 · #6,833

House prices ?

£375,000median (12m) · +5.6% yr · n=79
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£375,00079+5.6%+22.0%
Detached£500,00044+13.6%+33.3%
Semi-detached£285,00023+15.2%+35.7%
Terraced£253,75012-6.0%+31.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£375,000
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)£37,996±£5,331 · #4,043 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,352
Price-to-income ?9.9×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 ?

28 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 194 offences
West Devon41
South West71
England83

Rank #268 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences107
Theft27
Burglary7
Vehicle crime5
Criminal damage & arson18
Public order & weapons21
Drugs2
Robbery0
Other7

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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