Spreyton Parish Profile

Average property prices of £625,000 within Spreyton in 2022, increasing by 32%from £425,000 in 2021.
5.5% of homes are 1 bedroom properties, 16.9% are 2 bedrooms, 35.6% are 3 bedrooms, 42% are 4 or more (which is higher than the 21.1% average for England and Wales).
Occupancy ratings for bedrooms:
- 62.8% have 2 or more spare bedrooms
- 22.5% have 1 spare bedroom
- 14.2% have the right amount of bedrooms for their households
- 0.5% are lacking 1 bedroom
Of the households in the parish, 44.7% own their home outright, 26.9% own with a mortgage or shared ownership, 7.8% live in social rented accommodation and 20.5% live in private rented accommodation or live rent free.

Average 3 bed rental prices of £1,500 per calendar month between 2020 and 2022.
The maximum Local Housing Allowance is £822.73 per month for a 3 bed property
In the EX17 postcode area, there has been a 29.7% decrease in demand for rental properties, whilst there has been a 15% decrease in available listings, in the period between Oct 22 and Oct 23.
During the same period, there has been a 6.4% increase in the asking price on Rental Properties in the EX17 postcode area.

Current stock (approximate):
- Live West - 9 current affordable stock,
- Hastoe - 9 affordable rented properties,
There have been 2 Affordable Housing units available through Devon Home Choice, between January 2019 and October 2023. This stock turnover included 2 x 1 bed properties.
There was 1 flat available and 1 bungalow.

5 applicants registered with a local connection through residence. A further 3 have a local connection through employment or family connection.
The average income of households registered on Devon Home Choice with a local connection to Spreyton is £18,400 annually (median).

Spreyton Primary School provides for children aged 3 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 42.
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.

At present, there have been 2 known properties marked for disposal by Live West within the parish within the last 2 years.
These were both 1 bedroom properties, both with adapted bathrooms and grabrails within the property.
These properties will be or have been sold on the open market.

8.5% travel less than 10km to their work place. 39% work mainly from home.
57.6% of the parish population are economically active and in employment, 0.9% are unemployed. 41.4% are economically inactive.
24.2% of households in the parish are single person households. 44.3% are two people households, which is above the average for England. 11% are three person households, and 20.5% are four or more person households.
89.7% provide no unpaid care. 2.8% provide 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week. 2.2% provide 20 to 49 hours a week, and 5.3% provide 19 hours or less a week.
55.5% of households are not deprived in any dimension. 30.3% are deprived in one dimension, and 12.4% deprived in two dimensions.
53.6% of the population are aged 50 years or older.

A Housing Needs Survey was carried out by West Devon Borough Council in September 2023.
This received a response rate of 1.7%.
All respondents to the survey were owner occupiers, with 80% owning their home outright.

Housing Needs Survey Results