Dunterton Parish Profile

Housing

  • Average property prices of £575,000 within Dunterton in 2022, increasing by 31.7% from £436,500 in 2016. 
    • It should be noted that there are very few property sales within the parish, with some years experiencing no open market sales, such as 2017-2021, or 2023. 
  • The following data from the 2021 Census covers Dunterton and Bradstone, as they are small, neighbouring parishes with information that has been grouped by the Office for National Statistics. 
  • 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 Dunterton

  • 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 Milton Abbot, average 3 bed private rental prices of £913 per calendar month between 2020 and 2022 (median). 
  • The maximum Local Housing Allowance is £797.81 per month for a 3 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

  • There are no applicants on the Devon Home Choice waiting list for affordable rented homes with a local connection to the parish of Dunterton.

Education

  • There is no education provision within the parish. The nearest primary school is just over 2 miles away in the neighbouring parish of Milton Abbot. 
  • Milton Abbot School provides for children aged 4 years until 11 years and has a capacity of 105 pupils. The current number of pupils sits around half of this, at 58 pupils, with 17.2% eligible for Free School Meals

From the census

  • The following data from the 2021 Census covers Dunterton and Bradstone, as they are small, neighbouring parishes with information that has been grouped by the Office for National Statistics. 
  • 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.