Parish Housing Profiles

Housing

• Average property prices of £537,500 within Highampton in 2023, increasing by 58.1% from £340,000 in 2022. 
  • It should be noted that property prices in the parish have fluctuated in recent years. 
• 3.1% of homes are 1 bedroom properties, 13.1% are 2 bedrooms, 36.2% are 3 bedrooms, 47.7% are 4 or more (which is higher than the 21.1% average for England and Wales). 
• Occupancy ratings for bedrooms: 
  • 58.8% have 2 or more spare bedrooms, 
  • 30.5% have 1 spare bedroom, 
  • 7.6% have the correct number of bedrooms for their household need, 
  • 3.1% are lacking 1 bedroom. 
• Of the households in the parish, 61.5% own their home outright, 21.5% own with a mortgage or shared ownership, none live in social rented accommodation and 16.9% live in private rented accommodation or live rent free

Renting in Highampton

• Average 3 bed private rental prices of £997.50 per calendar month between 2020 and 2022 (median). 
• The maximum Local Housing Allowance that a household can receive is £974.40 per month for a 3 bed property

Affordable housing

• Current stock (approximate): Live West - 1 current affordable rented stock which is a 3 bed house within the parish. 
• There have been no properties available to rent that have been advertised on Devon Home Choice in the last 10 years.

Devon Home Choice

• 2 applicants registered with a local connection through residence. 
• A further 4 have a local connection through family connection. 
• The average income of households registered on Devon Home Choice with a local connection to Highampton is £19,000 annually (mean).

Education

• Highampton Community Primary School provides for children aged 4 years until 11 years. 
• The number of children enrolled at the school has decreased in recent years. The number of pupils remains below the school’s capacity of 53, at almost half of this. 
• The proportion 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

• 7.4% travel less than 10km to their work place. 47.7% work mainly from home. 
• 45% of the parish population are economically active and in employment, 0.9% are unemployed. 54.1% are economically inactive. 
• 22.5% of households in the parish are single person households. 45.7% are two people households. These are both above the average for England. 7% are three person households, and 24.8% are four or more person households. 
• 87.9% provide no unpaid care. 4.9% provide 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week. 2.2% provide 20 to 49 hours a week, and 4.9% provide 19 hours or less a week. 
• 41.5% of households are not deprived in any dimension. 37.7% are deprived in one dimension, and 18.5% are deprived in two dimensions.