Housing Needs Survey Results

Housing

• Average property prices of £515,000 in 2023, increasing by 1.5% from £507,500 in 2022. 
  • It should be noted that house prices have fluctuated in recent years within the parish, but have experienced an overall increase in the last 5 years. 
• 7.2% of homes are 1 bedroom properties, 18.5% are 2 bedrooms, 41.4% are 3 bedrooms, 32.9% are 4 or more (which is higher than the average for England and Wales). 
• Occupancy ratings for bedrooms: 
  • 53.8% have 2 or more spare bedrooms, 
  • 29.4% have 1 spare bedroom, 
  • 15.8% have the correct number of bedrooms for their household need, 
  • 0.9% are lacking 1 bedroom.

Renting in Slapton

• 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 TQ7 postcode area, there has been a 63.9% increase in demand for rental properties, whilst there has been a 15% increase in available listings, in the period between Nov 22 and Nov 23. 
• During the same period, there has been a 11.8% decrease in the asking price on Rental Properties in the TQ7 postcode area.

Affordable housing

• Current stock (approximate): Live West - 22 rented accommodation, 3 shared ownership properties. 
• Turnover of stock between Jan 2019 and March 2024 included 1 x 2 bed, and 2 x 3 bed properties. All 3 of these properties were houses.

Devon Home Choice

• 5 applicants registered with a local connection through residence 
• 5 applicants registered with a local connection through immediate family connection and 2 with local connection through employment. 
• The average income of households registered with Devon Home Choice with a local connection to Slapton is £21,7500 annually (median).

Primary School

• There is no education provision within the parish of Slapton. The nearest primary school education is less than 2 and a half miles away, in the neighbouring parish of Stokenham. 
• Stokenham Area 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 remains around the same level. It remains slightly below the school’s capacity of 222 pupils. 
• The percentage of children eligible for Free School Meals has fluctuated but decreased overall within the same period. This is an indicator of income and affordability of essential provisions.

From the census

• 17% travel less than 10km to their work place. 47.7% work mainly from home. 
• 52% of the parish population are economically active and in employment, 1.4% are unemployed. 46.6% are economically inactive compared to the average for Devon at 43.6%.
• 55.2% of households own their home outright, compared to the 42.2% average for Devon and the 45% average for the South Hams. 20.8% own with mortgage or shared ownership, 10% social rent their properties, 14% private rent or live rent free. 
• 25.3% of households in the parish are single person households. 48.4% are two people households, which is above the average for England (34%). 9% are three person households, and 17.2% are four or more person households. 
• 90.2% provide no unpaid care. 3.7% provide 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week. 1% provide 20 to 49 hours a week, and 5.1% provide 19 hours or less a week. 
• 55.9% of households are not deprived in any dimension, which is above the average for England, at 48.4%. 32.3% are deprived in one dimension, and 10% deprived in two dimensions.