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Lydford Parish Profile
Housing
- 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.
Affordable housing
- 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.
Devon Home Choice
- 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
- 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.
From the census
- 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.
Housing Needs Survey
- 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