Belstone Housing Profile

Belstone Parish Profile

A useful background of the community within your parish.

Average property prices of £540,000 within Belstone in 2022, decreasing by 3.6%from £560,000 in 2021.
- It should be noted that property prices in Belstone have fluctuated across the last 7 years, but have increased overall from £341,000 in 2016.
5.4% of homes are 1 bedroom properties, 14.3% are 2 bedrooms, 39.3% are 3 bedrooms, 41.1% are 4 or more (which is higher than the 21.1% average for England and Wales).
Occupancy ratings for bedrooms:
- 64% have +2 or more, 27% have +1, 7.2% have 0, 1.8% have -1.
- This information shows the percentage of households that have spare bedrooms, those that have homes that meet the household size need, and those that are lacking bedrooms.
Of the households in the parish, 62.2% own their home outright, 21.6% own with a mortgage or shared ownership, 3.6% live in social rented accommodation and 12.6% live in private rented accommodation or live rent free.

Current stock (approximate): Live West – 3 affordable rented stock.
There have been no Affordable Housing units available through Devon Home Choice, between January 2019 and October 2023.

1 applicant registered with a local connection through residence.
The income of households registered on Devon Home Choice with a local connection to Belstone is £19,000 annually.

Average 1 bed rental prices of £800 per calendar month between 2020 and 2022 (median).
The maximum Local Housing Allowance is £568.45 per month for a 2 bed property
In the EX20 postcode area, there has been a 5.2% increase in demand for rental properties, whilst there has been a 200% increase in available listings, in the period between Sept 22 and Sept 23.
During the same period, there has been a 43% increase in the asking price on Rental Properties in the EX20 postcode area.

21.2% travel less than 10km to their work place. 44.2% work mainly from home.
50.9% of the parish population are economically active and in employment, 3.5% are unemployed. 45.6% are economically inactive.
24.8% of households in the parish are single person households. 45.1% are two people households, which is above the average for England. 15% are three person households, and 15% are four or more person households.
87.2% provide no unpaid care. 3.7% provide 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week. 1.6% provide 20 to 49 hours a week, and 7.4% provide 19 hours or less a week.
50.4% of households are not deprived in any dimension. 38.1% are deprived in one dimension, and 10.6% deprived in two dimensions.
66.4% of the population are aged 50 years or older.

A Housing Needs Survey was carried out by West Devon Borough Council in September 2023.
This received a response rate of 14.1%.
All respondents to the survey were owner occupiers, with 80%owning their home outright.

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