Parish Housing Profiles

Housing

• Average property prices of £255,000 within Whitchurch in 2023, decreasing by 17.6% from £300,000 in 2022. 
  • It should be noted that house prices have fluctuated slightly in recent years within the parish. 
• 6.6% homes are 1 bedroom properties, 25.6% are 2 bedrooms, 30.3% are 3 bedrooms, 37.4% are 4 or more (compared to the 21.1% average for England and Wales). 
• Occupancy ratings for bedrooms: 
  • 53.1% have 2 or more spare bedrooms, 
  • 28.6% have 1 spare bedroom, 
  • 16.4% have the correct number of bedrooms for their household need, 
  • 1.9% are lacking 1 bedroom.

Renting in Whitchurch

• Average 3 bed rental prices of £1,100 per calendar month between 2020 and 2022 (median). 
• The maximum Local Housing Allowance is £797.81 per month for a 3 bed property 
• In the PL20 postcode area, there has been a 2.8% increase in demand for rental properties, whilst there has been a 40% decrease in available listings, in the period between Oct 22 and Oct 23. 
• During the same period, there has been a 28.7% increase in the asking price on Rental Properties in the PL20 postcode area.

Affordable housing

• Current stock (approximate): Live West - 6 affordable or social rented stock. 
• There have been 5 Affordable Housing units available through Devon Home Choice, between January 2019 and April 2024. 
• These were a mix of 2 x flats and 3 x houses, 2 x 1 beds, and 3 x 3 beds.

Devon Home Choice

• There are 14 applicants that are registered on Devon Home Choice that have identified a local connection through residence. 
• This is a further 1 applicant with a local connection through family. 
• The average income of applicants with a local connection is £14,500 annually (Median).

Education

• Whitchurch Community Primary School provides education for children aged 4 years until 11 years. 
• The number of children enrolled at the school has decreased slightly in recent years, and has fallen slightly below the school’s capacity of 215 pupils. 
• The proportion of children eligible for Free School Meals has increased during the same time period. This is an indicator of income and affordability of essential provisions.

From the census

• Of the households in the parish, 60% own their home outright, 21.9% own with a mortgage or shared ownership, 0.5% live in social rented accommodation and 17.7% live in private rented accommodation or live rent free. 
• 19% of households in the parish are single person households. 50% are two people households, which is above the average for England. 15.2% are three person households, and 15.7% are four or more person households. 
• 17.8% travel less than 10km to their work place. 39.1% work mainly from home. 
• 51.1% of the parish population are economically active and in employment, none are unemployed. 48.9% are economically inactive. 
• 91.9% provide no unpaid care. 1.8% provide 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week. 1.8% provide 20 to 49 hours a week, and 4.5% provide 19 hours or less a week. 
• 54% of households are not deprived in any dimension. 35.2% are deprived in one dimension, and 9.4% deprived in two dimensions.