Bradstone Parish Profile

Housing

  • Average property prices of £257,500 within Bradstone in 2018, decreasing by 68% from £432,500 in 2017. 
    • It should be noted that there are very few property sales within the parish, with some years experiencing no open market sales, such as 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. 
  • 5.2% of homes are 1 bedroom properties, 17.2% are 2 bedrooms, 20.7% are 3 bedrooms, 56.9% are 4 or more (which is higher than the 21.1% average for England and Wales). 
  • Occupancy ratings for bedrooms: 
    • 59% have 2 or more spare rooms, 
    • 26.2% have 1 spare bedroom, 
    • 13.1% have the right number of bedrooms, 
    • 1.6% are lacking 1 bedroom. 
  • Of the households in the parish, 43.9% own their home outright, 22.8% own with a mortgage or shared ownership, 5.3% live in social rented housing and 28.1% live in private rented accommodation or live rent free.

Renting in Bradstone

  • There were no private rented properties to rent within the parish that were recorded by Rightmove between 2020 and 2022. 
  • In the neighbouring parish of Lifton, Average 2 bed rental prices of £850 per calendar month between 2020 and 2022 (median). 
  • The maximum Local Housing Allowance is £583.40 per month for a 2 bed property in this area. 
  • In the PL19 postcode area, there has been a 15.5% decrease in demand for rental properties, whilst there has been a 27.8% increase in available listings, in the period between Oct 22 and Oct 23. 
  • During the same period, there has been a 36.9% increase in the asking price on Rental Properties in the PL19 postcode area.

Affordable housing

  • There are no affordable homes, that would be available through renting tenures, within the parish that are provided by Housing Associations.

Devon Home Choice

  • 1 applicants registered with a local connection through residence. With no further applicants with a local connection. 
  • The average income of households registered on Devon Home Choice with a local connection to Bradstone is £30,000 annually (median). 
    • It should be noted that this is based on information from 1 applicant

Education

  • There is no education provision within the parish. One of the nearest primary schools is just over 3 miles away in the neighbouring parish of Lifton. 
  • Lifton Community Academy provides for children aged 2 years until 11 years and the number of children enrolled at the school has increased in recent years, sitting above the school’s capacity.

From the census

  • 21.5% travel less than 10km to their work place. 32.3% work mainly from home. 
  • 53.2% of the parish population are economically active and in employment, 0.8% are unemployed. 46% are economically inactive. 
  • 15.5% of households in the parish are single person households. 55.2% are two people households, which is above the average for England. 12.1% are three person households, and 17.2% are four or more person households. 
  • 88.2% provide no unpaid care. 4.4% provide 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week. 2.2% provide 20 to 49 hours a week, and 5.1% provide 19 hours or less a week. 
  • 50% of households are not deprived in any dimension, 33.9% are deprived in 1 dimension and 12.5% are deprived in 2 dimensions