Cornworthy Parish Profile

Housing

  • Median average property prices of £435,000 in 2022, decreasing by 12.6% from £490,000 in 2021. 
    • It should be noted that house prices within the parish have fluctuated in recent years. 
  • 3% of homes are 1 bedroom properties, 16.2% are 2 bedrooms, 34.1% are 3 bedrooms, 46.7% are 4 or more (which is higher than the 21.1% average for England and Wales). 
  • Occupancy ratings for bedrooms: 
    • 67.5% have 2 or more spare bedrooms, 
    • 22.1% have 1 spare bedroom, 
    • 9.2% have the correct number of bedrooms for their household need, 
    • 0.6% are lacking 1 bedroom and
    • 0.6% are lacking 2 or more bedrooms.

Renting in Cornworthy

  • Average 3 bed rental prices of £1,100 per calendar month between 2020 and 2022 (median). 
  • The maximum Local Housing Allowance is £728 per month for a 3 bed property 
  • In the TQ9 postcode area, there has been a 3.2% increase in demand for rental properties, whilst there has been a 2.6% decrease in available listings, when comparing Sept 22 and Sept 23. 
  • Between Jan 2018 and Sept 23, there has been a 31.8% increase in the asking price on Rental Properties in the TQ9 postcode area.

Affordable housing

  • Current stock (approximate): Live West - 2 affordable or social rented accommodation. 
  • There have been 2 properties available to rent advertised through Devon Home Choice in the 10 years between Jan 2014 and Feb 2024. 
  • These have both been 1 bedroom bungalows, with an age restriction applied to them of 50 or 55 years or more. 
  • The properties have required a local connection to the parish of Cornworthy first. They received an average of 52 bids.

Devon Home Choice

  • There are no applicants registered with a local connection through residence 
  • There is 1 applicant registered with a local connection through immediate family connection. 
  • The average income of households registered with Devon Home Choice with a local connection to Cornworthy is £29,000 annually. 
    • It should be noted that this is based on the information of 1 applicant with a local connection to the parish.

Primary School

  • There is no education provision within the parish, but there is provision in the neighbouring parish of Harberton, just under 4 miles away. 
  • Harbertonford CofE Primary School provides for children aged 2 years until 11 years. 
  • The number of children enrolled at the school has increased in recent years and remained above the school’s capacity of 105 pupils. 
  • The percentage of children eligible for Free School Meals has also increased. This is an indicator of income and affordability of essential provisions.

From the census

  • 15.4% travel less than 10km to their work place. 45.6% work mainly from home. 
  • 54.1% of the parish population are economically active and in employment, 0.9% are unemployed. 45% are economically inactive compared to the average for Devon at 43.6%.
  • 62% of households owns their home outright, compared to the 42.2% average for Devon and the 45% average for the South Hams. 24.5% own with mortgage or shared ownership, 0% social rent their properties, 13.5% private rent or live rent free. 
  • 22.2% of households in the parish are single person households. 54.9% are two people households, which is above the average for England. 13% are three person households, and 9.9% are four or more person households. 
  • 87.8% provide no unpaid care. 1.4% provide 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week. 1.4% provide 20 to 49 hours a week, and 9.4% provide 19 hours or less a week. 
  • 60.1% of households are not deprived in any dimension, which is above the average for England, at 48.4%. 31.3% are deprived in one dimension, and 7.4% deprived in two dimensions