Gulworthy Parish Profile

Average property prices of £260,000 within Gulworthy in 2022, decreasing by 85.4% from £482,000 in 2021.
- It should be noted that house prices have fluctuated within the parish over recent years, and there are very few property sales, which may impact the median average property sales.
5.2% of homes are 1 bedroom properties, 22.6% are 2 bedrooms, 37.4% are 3 bedrooms, 34.8% are 4 or more (which is higher than the 21.1% average for England and Wales).
Occupancy ratings for bedrooms:
- 54.3% have 2 or more spare rooms,
- 27.8% have 1 spare bedroom,
- 14.8% have the right number of bedrooms,
- 2.6% are lacking 1 bedroom and
- 0.4 are lacking 2 or more bedrooms
Of the households in the parish, 40.5% own their home outright, 33.6% own with a mortgage or shared ownership, 0.9% live in social rented housing and 25% live in private rented accommodation or live rent free.

Average 2 bed private rental prices of £750 per calendar month between 2020 and 2022 (median).
- It should be noted that this price is based on furnished properties.
The maximum Local Housing Allowance is £673.14 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 or social rented properties within the parish that would be available to rent from a housing association.

1 applicant registered with a local connection through residence.
A further 1 has local connection through employment and 3 through family connection.
The average income of households registered on Devon Home Choice with a local connection to Gulworthy is £16,000 annually (median).

Gulworthy Primary Academy provides for children aged 4 years until 11 years.
The number of children enrolled at the school has experienced a slight decline in recent years. The number of pupils enrolled in 2022/23 remains below the school’s capacity of 84.
The percentage of children eligible for Free School Meals has also fluctuated within the same period, but increased overall. This is an indicator of income and affordability of essential provisions.

17.1% travel less than 10km to their work place. 37.1% work mainly from home.
57.1% of the parish population are economically active and in employment, 2.7% are unemployed. 40.2% are economically inactive.
17.7% of households in the parish are single person households. 46.3% are two people households, which is above the average for England. 19% are three person households, and 16.9% are four or more person households.
88.6% provide no unpaid care. 2.1% provide 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week. 1.3% provide 20 to 49 hours a week, and 8.1% provide 19 hours or less a week.
51.3% of households are not deprived in any dimension. 36.1% are deprived in one dimension, and 11.7% deprived in two dimensions.

Housing Needs Survey Results