Parish Housing Profiles

Housing

• Average property prices of £247,500 within South Tawton in 2022, increasing by 8.7% from £227,725 in 2021.
• 4.1% of homes are 1 bedroom properties, 20.3% are 2 bedrooms, 44.5% are 3 bedrooms, 31.1% are 4 or more (which is higher than the 21.1% average for England and Wales).
• Occupancy ratings for bedrooms:
  • 53.3% have 2 or more spare bedrooms,
  • 31.5% have 1 spare bedroom,
  • 13.8% have the right amount of bedrooms for their households,
  • 1.3% are lacking 1 bedroom
  • 0.2% are lacking 2 or more bedrooms
• Of the households in the parish, 47.8% own their home outright, 25.6% own with a mortgage or shared ownership, 10.6% live in social rented accommodation and 16%live in private rented accommodation or live rent free.

Affordable Housing

• Current stock (approximate):
  • Live West - 40 current affordable stock,
  • Hastoe - 10 affordable rented properties,
  • Westward - 6 affordable rented homes.
• There have been 9 Affordable Housing units available through Devon Home Choice, between January 2019 and October 2023.
• This stock turnover included 2 x 1 beds, 1 x 2 beds, and 6 x 3 bed properties.
• There is an average number of 86 bids on bungalows. There is an average of 69 bids on 1 bedroom properties

 Renting in South Tawton Parish

• Average 2 bed rental prices of £850 per calendar month between 2020 and 2022(median).
• The maximum Local Housing Allowance is £687.12 per month for a 2 bed property.
• In the EX20 postcode area, there has been a 28.8% decrease in demand for rental properties, whilst there has been a 16.2% decrease in available listings, in the period between Sept 22 and Sept 23.
• During the same period, there has been a 11.3% increase in the asking price on Rental Properties in the EX20 postcode area.

Disposals

• At present, there have been 4 known properties marked for disposal by Live West within the parish within the last 2 years.
• These are a mix of properties, including a bungalow and houses, some of which are family-sized properties with 3 bedrooms.
• These properties will be or have been sold on the open market.

Devon Home Choice

• 12 applicants registered with a local connection through residence. A further 5 have a local connection through employment or family connection.
• The average income of households registered on Devon Home Choice with a local connection to South Tawton is £21,000 annually (median).

South Tawton Primary School

• South Tawton Primary School provides for children aged2 years until 11 years.
• The number of children enrolled at the school has decreased in recent years. The number of pupils remains considerably below the school’s capacity of 240.
• 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.

Recent Development

• 6 Affordable rented units were built within the parish in 2018.
• These were a mix of 1, 2 and 3 bedroom houses.
• There are 4 self build houses being constructed in the parish for local people.

From the census

• 16.9% travel less than 10km to their work place. 42.7% work mainly from home.
• 56.7% of the parish population are economically active and in employment,2.3% are unemployed. 41% are economically inactive.
• 24.7% of households in the parish are single person households. 42.6% are two people households, which is above the average for England. 12.1% are three person households, and 20.6% are four or more person households.
• 88.9% provide no unpaid care. 2.1% provide 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week. 2.2% provide 20 to 49 hours a week, and 6.8% provide 19 hours or less a week.
• 52.4% of households are not deprived in any dimension. 35.1% are deprived in one dimension, and 10.1% deprived in two dimensions.