Housing Needs Survey Results

Housing

• Average property prices of £282,000 within Sticklepath in 2022, decreasing by 1.6% from £286,650 in 2021. 
• 3.2% of homes are 1 bedroom properties, 23.7% are 2 bedrooms, 43% are 3 bedrooms, 30.1% are 4 or more (which is higher than the 21.1% average for England and Wales). 
• Occupancy ratings for bedrooms: 
  • 51.9% have 2 or more spare bedrooms, 
  • 37.4% have 1 spare bedroom, 
  • 9.6% have the correct number of bedrooms for their household need, 
  • 0.5% are lacking 1 bedroom,
  • 0.5% are lacking 2 or more bedrooms.
• Of the households in the parish, 56.5% own their home outright, which is above the average for West Devon at 46.6%. 25.5% own with a mortgage or shared ownership, 4.9% live in social rented accommodation and 13% live in private rented accommodation or live rent free.

Renting in Sticklepath

• Average 3 bed rental prices of £975 per calendar month between 2020 and 2022 (median). 
• The maximum Local Housing Allowance is £822.73 per month for a 3 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.

Affordable housing

• Current stock (approximate): Live West - 7 current affordable stock. 
• There have been 2 Affordable Housing units available through Devon Home Choice, between January 2019 and October 2023. 
• This stock turnover included 1 x 2 bed, and 1 x 3 bed property. There was 1 house and 1 bungalow.

Devon Home Choice

• 6 applicants registered with a local connection through residence. A further 1 applicant has a local connection through employment or family connection. 
• The average income of households registered on Devon Home Choice with a local connection to Sticklepath is £17,900 annually (median).

Recent development

• 4 Affordable rented units were built within the parish in 2010. These are managed by Live West

From the census

• 18.5% travel less than 10km to their work place. 33.2% work mainly from home. 
• 51.2% of the parish population are economically active and in employment, 1.9% are unemployed. 46.8% are economically inactive. 
• 29% of households in the parish are single person households. 39.2% are two people households, which is above the average for England. 16.1% are three person households, and 15.6% are four or more person households. 
• 86.7% provide no unpaid care. 3.5% provide 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week. 3.5% provide 20 to 49 hours a week, and 6.3% provide 19 hours or less a week. 
• 51.1% of households are not deprived in any dimension. 36% are deprived in one dimension, and 11.8% deprived in two dimensions