Parish Housing Profiles

Housing

• Average property prices of £390,000 within Mary Tavy in 2023, increasing by 5.4% from £370,000 in 2022. 
• 4.8% of homes are 1 bedroom properties, 19.9% are 2 bedrooms, 43.6% are 3 bedrooms, 31.6% are 4 or more (which is higher than the 21.1% average for England and Wales). 
• Occupancy ratings for bedrooms: 
  • 57.2% have 2 or more spare bedrooms, 
  • 29.5% have 1 spare bedroom, 
  • 13.1% have the correct number of bedrooms for their household need, 
  • none are lacking 1 bedroom, 
  • 0.3% are lacking 2 or more bedrooms. 
• Of the households in the parish, 57.2% own their home outright, 25.2% own with a mortgage or shared ownership, 9.8% live in social rented accommodation and 7.8% live in private rented accommodation or live rent free.

Renting in Mary Tavy

• The average cost of private renting the 3 bed property is £1,350 per calendar month. This is based on data from Rightmove, between 2020 and 2022. 
• The maximum Local Housing Allowance is £797.81 per month for a 3 bed property 
• In the PL19 postcode area, there has been a 15.5% decrease in demand for rental properties, whilst there has been a 27.8% increase in available listings, in the period between Oct 22 and Oct 23. 
• During the same period, there has been a 36.9% increase in the asking price on Rental Properties in the PL19 postcode area.

Affordable housing

• Current stock (approximate):
  • Live West - 22 current affordable/social rented stock, 1 shared ownership unit. 
  • South Devon Rural Housing Association - 6 affordable rented units 
• There have been 5 Affordable Housing units available through Devon Home Choice, between January 2019 and April 2024. 
• 3 of these properties were for applicants over the age of 55 years. 
• The properties were a mix of 4 x 1 bed flats and 1 x 2 bed house.

Devon Home Choice

• 6 applicants registered with a local connection through residence. There are 9 further applicants that have a local connection through employment or family connection. 
• The average income of households registered on Devon Home Choice with a local connection to Mary Tavy is £15,000 annually (median).

Education

• Mary Tavy and Brentor 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 has experienced overall decline. The number of pupils remains below the school’s capacity of 82. 
• 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.

From the census

• 20.7% travel less than 10km to their work place. 38.1% work mainly from home. 
• 45.7% of the parish population are economically active and in employment, 1.5% are unemployed. 52.8% are economically inactive. 
• 26.3% of households in the parish are single person households. 45.4% are two people households, which is above the average for England. 14% are three person households, and 14.3% are four or more person households. 
• 89.8% provide no unpaid care. 2.3% provide 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week. 1.7% provide 20 to 49 hours a week, and 6.2% provide 19 hours or less a week. 
• 50.6% of households are not deprived in any dimension. 35.5% are deprived in one dimension, and 11.8% deprived in two dimensions.

Housing Needs Survey

• A Housing Needs Survey was carried out within the parish in 2023. 
• This showed a need for 4 affordable homes in the next 5 years. 
• This was recommended at 3 x 2 bed properties and 1 x 4 bed property. 
• The response rate of this survey was 7.8%, with 66.7% of respondents being in favour of a small development of affordable housing for local people. 
• All 4 of the recommended units should be affordable or social rented housing