Housing Needs Survey Results

Wembury Parish Profile

Housing

  • Average property prices of £420,570 in 2021, increasing from £372,314 in 2020.
  • The parish has 45 second homes, and 29 holiday lets -4.5% of the total dwellings in the parish. 
  • The previous Housing Needs Survey in 2018 showed a need for 12 additional affordable homes within the parish within the following 5 years.
  • 2.7% of homes are 1 bedroom properties, 22% are 2 bedrooms, 41.4% are 3 bedrooms, 33.9% are 4 or more (which is higher than the 21.1% average for England and Wales).

Renting in Wembury

  • Average 3 bed rental prices of £1,300 per calendar month between 2020 and 2022 (median).
  • The maximum Local Housing Allowance is £693.12 per month for a 3 bed property.

Affordable housing

  • Current stock (approximate):
    • Aster - 10 rented stock, 5 shared ownership. 
    • Liverty - 4 rented stock, 1 shared ownership.
    • Guinness - 12 rented stock.
    • Live West - 4 rented stock, 1 shared ownership
  • Turnover of stock between Jan 2019 and Jan 2023 included 2 x 2 bed Rent to Buy properties.
  • There was a total of 144 bids on these properties.

Devon Home Choice

  • 6 applicants registered with a local connection through residence 
  • 3 applicants registered with a local connection through immediate family connection
  • The average income of households registered with Devon Home Choice with a local connection to Wembury is £18,612 annually (median).

Wembury Primary School

  • Wembury Primary School provides for children aged 4 years until 11 years.
  • The number of children enrolled at the school has declined in recent years.
  • The percentage of children eligible for Free School Meals has declined over the same period. This is an indicator of income and affordability of essential provisions.

From the census

  • 28% travel less than 10km to their work place. 37.2% work mainly from home.
  • 47.1% of the parish population are economically active and in employment, 1% are unemployed. 51.9% are economically inactive compared to the average for Devon at 43.6%.
  • 60.2% of households owns their home outright, compared to the 42.2% average for Devon and the 45% average for the South Hams. 28.1% own with mortgage or shared ownership, 3.3% social rent their properties, 8.4% private rent or live rent free.