Lydford Parish Profile

Average property prices of £387,500 within Lydford in 2022, decreasing from £410,750 in 2021.
1.8% of homes are 1 bedroom properties, 15.2% are 2 bedrooms, 40.4% are 3 bedrooms, 42.7% are 4 or more.

Current stock (approximate): Live West - 1 current affordable stock.
No turnover of stock between Jan 2019 and Sept 2022. Last property available in 2015 which was a 3 bed house that received 4 bids.

2 applicants registered with a local connection through residence
The average income of households registered on Devon Home Choice with a local connection to Lydford is £15,414 annually (median).

Lydford Primary School provides for children aged 4 years until 11 years.
The number of children enrolled at the school has increased in recent years.
The percentage of children eligible for Free School Meals has increased within the same period. This is an indicator of income and affordability of essential provisions.

15% travel less than 10km to their work place. 44.4% work mainly from home.
47.5% of the parish population are economically active and in employment, 1.6% are unemployed. 50.9% are economically inactive.
60.5% of households owns their home outright, 30.2% own with mortgage or shared ownership, 9.3% private rent or live rent free.
32.9% of households in the parish are single person households. 43.4% are two people households. These are both above the average for England and Wales.

The survey identified a need for 4 affordable homes within the next 5 years.
3 affordable or social rented tenures, 1 intermediate home ownership, such as Shared Ownership or Discount Market Sales.
25% of respondents would support a small development of affordable housing for local people.
62.5% of respondents were owner occupiers, 25% rented from a private landlord and 12.5% rented from a housing association

Housing Needs Survey Results