Broadwoodkelly Parish Profile

Housing 

  • Average property prices of £352,500 within Broadwoodkelly in 2022, decreasing by 7.2% from £380,000 in 2021.
    • It should be noted that property prices in Broadwoodkelly have fluctuated across the last 5 years. 
  • 6.2% of homes are 1 bedroom properties, 14.3% are 2 bedrooms, 25.9% are 3 bedrooms, 53.6% are 4 or more (which is higher than the 21.1% average for England and Wales). 
  • Occupancy ratings for bedrooms:
    • 65.1% have 2 or more spare bedrooms
    • 23.9% have 1 spare bedroom
    • 11% have the right amount of bedrooms for their households
    • 0% are lacking bedrooms.
  • Of the households in the parish, 60.6% own their home outright, 22.9% own with a mortgage or shared ownership, 0% live in social rented accommodation and 16.5% live in private rented accommodation or live rent free.

Renting in Broadwoodkelly

  • Average 1 bed rental prices of £800 per calendar month between 2020 and 2022 (median).
  • The maximum Local Housing Allowance is £568.45 per month for a 2 bed property 
  • In the EX19 postcode area, there has been a 5.2% increase in demand for rental properties, whilst there has been a 200% increase in available listings, in the period between Sept 22 and Sept 23.
  • During the same period, there has been a 43% increase in the asking price on Rental Properties in the EX19 postcode area.

Affordable housing

  • Current stock (approximate): Live West - 1 affordable rented stock.
  • There have been no Affordable Housing units available through Devon Home Choice, between January 2019 and October 2023.

Devon Home Choice

  • 1 applicants registered with a local connection through residence. 
  • The average income of households registered on Devon Home Choice with a local connection to Broadwoodkelly is £26,200 annually.

Recent development

  • There has been recent development started within the parish, in which the site will deliver one Discount Market Sale property. The sale price of this unit will be capped at £250,000.
  • This is significantly lower than the median average sale price in the parish last year.

From the census

  • 7.5% travel less than 10km to their work place. 46.6% work mainly from home. 
  • 61.3% of the parish population are economically active and in employment, 0.4% are unemployed. 38.3% are economically inactive.
  • 17.1% of households in the parish are single person households. 45.9% are two people households, which is above the average for England. 16.2% are three person households, and 20.7% are four or more person households.
  • 88.8%  provide no unpaid care. 2.6% provide 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week. 0.4% provide 20 to 49 hours a week, and 8.2% provide 19 hours or less a week.
  • 56.8% of households are not deprived in any dimension. 34.2% are deprived in one dimension, and  9% deprived in two dimensions.
  • 56.3% of the population are aged 50 years or older.

Housing Needs Survey

  • A Housing Needs Survey was carried out by West Devon Borough Council in September 2023. 
  • This received a response rate of 11.7%.
  • All respondents to the survey were owner occupiers, with 80%owning their home outright.