Kelly Parish Profile

Average property prices of £314,050 within Kelly in 2022, decreasing by 49.7% from £470,000 in 2021.
- It should be noted that property prices have fluctuated in recent years within the parish, and there are very few homes sold within the parish, which may impact the median property sale prices for each year.
No homes are 1 bedroom properties, 20.8% are 2 bedrooms, 28.3% are 3 bedrooms, 50.9% are 4 or more (which is higher than the 21.1% average for England and Wales).
Occupancy ratings for bedrooms:
- 54.7% have 2 or more spare rooms,
- 35.8% have 1 spare bedroom,
- 7.5% have the right number of bedrooms,
- 1.9% are lacking 1 bedroom.
Of the households in the parish, 45.3% own their home outright, 34% own with a mortgage or shared ownership, 1.9% live in social rented housing and 18.9% live in private rented accommodation or live rent free.

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 Lifton, Average 2 bed rental prices of £850 per calendar month between 2020 and 2022 (median).
The maximum Local Housing Allowance is £673.14 per month for a 2 bed property in this area.
In the PL16 postcode area, there has been a 69.8% decrease in demand for rental properties, whilst there has been a 66.7% decrease in available listings, in the period between Dec 22 and Dec 23.
During the same period, there has been a 22.5% increase in the asking price on Rental Properties in the PL16 postcode area

There is 1 affordable/social rent property within the parish. This is a 3 bed house, that is managed by Live West.
There have been no properties made available for bidding through Devon Home Choice in the last 10 years.

1 applicants registered with a local connection through residence. With no further applicants with a local connection.
The average income of households registered on Devon Home Choice with a local connection to Kelly is £10,000 annually (median).
- It should be noted that this is based on information from 1 applicant

There is no education provision within the parish. One of the nearest primary school is just over 3 miles away in the neighbouring parish of Lifton.
Lifton Community Academy provides for children aged 2 years until 11 years and the number of children enrolled at the school has increased in recent years, sitting above the school’s capacity

12.3% travel less than 10km to their work place. 46.6% work mainly from home.
58.7% of the parish population are economically active and in employment, 4% are unemployed. 37.3% are economically inactive.
12.7% of households in the parish are single person households. 41.8% are two people households, which is above the average for England. 23.6% are three person households, and 21.8% are four or more person households.
87.4% provide no unpaid care. 3% provide 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week. 1.5% provide 20 to 49 hours a week, and 8.1% 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

Housing Needs Survey Results