Parish Housing Profiles

Housing

• Average property prices of £572,500 within Germansweek in 2022, increasing by 9.6% from £522,500 in 2021. 
  • It should be noted that house prices have fluctuated within recent years within the parish. 
• 6.8% of homes are 1 bedroom properties, 8.2% are 2 bedrooms, 39.7% are 3 bedrooms, 45.2% are 4 or more (which is higher than the 21.1% average for England and Wales). 
• Occupancy ratings for bedrooms: 
  • `66.7% have 2 or more spare bedrooms, 
  • 23.6% have 1 spare bedroom, 
  • 9.7% have the correct number of bedrooms for their household need, 
  • no households are recorded as lacking any bedrooms. 
• Of the households in the parish, 59.7% own their home outright, 27.8% own with a mortgage or shared ownership, none live in social rented accommodation and 12.5% live in private rented accommodation or live rent free.

Renting in Germansweek

• Average 3 bed rental prices of £1,350 per calendar month between 2020 and 2022 (median). 
• The maximum Local Housing Allowance is £723.02 per month for a 3 bed property

Affordable housing

• There are no affordable or social rented homes within the parish that would be rented through a Housing Association to people with a local connection.

Devon Home Choice

• There are no applicants registered with a local connection to the parish of Germansweek through residence.

Education

• There is no education provision within the parish. One nearby school is just under 5 miles away at Boasley Cross. 
• Boasley Cross Community Primary School provides for children aged 4 years until 11 years. 
• The number of children enrolled at the school has fluctuated in recent years, but has experienced a notable decline overall. The number of pupils is at almost half of the school’s capacity of 70. 
• 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

From the census

• 8% travel less than 10km to their work place. 37.3% work mainly from home. 
• 46.5% of the parish population are economically active and in employment, 3.8% are unemployed. 49.7% are economically inactive. 
• 13.9% of households in the parish are single person households. 51.4% are two people households, which is above the average for England. 18.1% are three person households, and 16.7% are four or more person households. 
• 87.4% provide no unpaid care. 1.7% provide 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week. 0.6% provide 20 to 49 hours a week, and 10.3% provide 19 hours or less a week. 
• 68.1% of households are not deprived in any dimension. 26.4% are deprived in one dimension, and 5.6% deprived in two dimensions.