Parish Housing Profiles

Housing

• 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.

Renting in Spreyton

• 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.

Affordable housing

• 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.

Devon Home Choice

• 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

• 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.

Disposals

• 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 grab rails within the property.
• These properties will be or have been sold on the open market.

From the census

• 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.

Housing Needs Survey

• 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.