Parish Housing Profiles

Housing

• Average property prices of £615,448 within Chagford in 2022, increasing from £416,261 in 2021.
• The parish has 61 second homes and 15 holiday lets. This equals 7.9% of the dwellings in the parish.
• 6.8% of homes are 1 bedroom properties, 28.3% are 2 bedrooms, 40.2% are 3 bedrooms, 24.7% are 4 or more.
• There are 4 homes within Chagford that are registered as Empty Homes and have been for 2 years or more (council tax data).

Affordable housing

• Current stock (approximate):
  • Live West - 71 current affordable stock
  • Sovereign - 4 current affordable stock 
  • Sanctuary - 12 current affordable stock
  • Aster - 28 current affordable stock.
• There have been 29 Affordable Housing units available through Devon Home Choice, between January 2019 and January 2023. 1 bed properties received an average of 64 bids per property.

Devon Home Choice

• 38 applicants registered with a local connection through residence. A further 14 have a local connection through employment or family connection.
• The average income of households registered on Devon Home Choice with a local connection to Chagford is £16,660 annually (mean).

Chagford Church of England Primary School

• Chagford Church of England Primary School provides for children aged 2 years until 11 years.
• The number of children enrolled at the school has increased in recent years.
• The percentage of children eligible for Free School Meals has slightly decreased within the same period. This is an indicator of income and affordability of essential provisions.

Disposals

• At present, there have been 2 properties marked for disposal by Live West within the parish this year. 
• 1 x 3 bed house with stair lift and wet room and another 2 bed house.
• These properties will be sold on the open market.

Recent development

• Chagford Community Land Trust worked with a developer, a housing association and other authorities to deliver the housing at Bellacouch Meadows. 
• This development provided vital affordable housing units for local people.
• The development also comprised of an updated Primary School and Fire Station, as well as some business units.

From the census

• 17% travel less than 10km to their work place. 44.3% work mainly from home. 
• 49.3% of the parish population are economically active and in employment, 2.1% are unemployed.
• 48.6% are economically inactive. 48.6% of households owns their home outright, 17.3% own with mortgage or shared ownership, 11.9% are social rented and 22.3%private rent or live rent free.
• 36.2% of households in the parish are single person households. 40.7% are two people households. These are both above the average for England.