Bradstone Parish Profile

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

Housing Needs Survey Results