Parish Housing Profiles

Dartmoor Forest Parish Profile

Housing

  • Average property prices of £277,541 within Princetown in 2022, increasing from £260,500 in 2021.
  • The parish has 17 second homes, and 6 holiday lets. 
  • 37.2% own their home outright, 27.1%own their home with a mortgage or shared ownership. 13.1% live in social rented properties, and 22.6% live in private rented homes, or live rent free.
  • 4.2% of homes have 1 bedroom, 25.5%have 2 bedrooms, 52.4% have 3 bedrooms and the final 17.9% have 4 or more bedrooms.

Affordable housing

  • Current stock (approximate):
    • Live West - 58 current affordable stock.
    • Sanctuary - 9 current affordable stock.
  • Turnover of stock between Jan 2019 and Apr 2022 included 2 x 1 bed properties, 9 x 2 bed properties and 2 x 3 bed properties.
  • Average of 64 bids on flats and 57 bids on houses.
  • There have been 2 affordable units developed within the parish since 2008.

Devon Home Choice

  • 25 applicants registered with a local connection through residence 
  • 3 applicants registered with a local connection through employment 
  • 4 applicants registered with a local connection through immediate family connections
  • The average income of households registered on Devon Home Choice with a local connection to Dartmoor Forest is £15,550 annually (median).

Princetown Community Primary School

  • Princetown Community Primary School provides for children aged 4 years until 11 years.
  • The number of children enrolled at the school has fluctuated in recent years, but experienced an overall decline.
  • The percentage of children eligible for Free School Meals has decreased but remained high in comparison to the number of pupils. This is an indicator of income and affordability of essential provisions.

From the census

  • 13.7% travel less than 10km to their work place. 36.1% work mainly from home. 
  • 43.9% of the parish population are economically active and in employment, 3.5% are unemployed. 52.6% are economically inactive. 
  • 23% of households in the parish are single person households. 44.8% are two people households. 18.1% are three person households, and 14.1% are four or more person households. 
  • 91.5% provide no unpaid care. 2.6% provide 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week. 1% provide 20 to 49 hours a week, and 4.9% provide 19 hours or less a week. 
  • 45% of households are not deprived in any dimension. 37.7% are deprived in one dimension, and 15.6% deprived in two dimensions.