Mid Devon
Mid Devon is a town or village in Devon, England. It has the nearest railway station at Riverside Halt, 3.1 km away. Covers 28 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.
On deprivation, Mid Devon is around the average in England (IoD2019). It is home to around 82,852 residents at roughly 91 people per km².
My Area Score
Good
Ranked 134th of 294 English council areas — better than 54% of them.
A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. Scored on 80% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology
Weather
15°CSunny
- Today: 16° / 9° · 21% rain
- Tomorrow: 18° / 9° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:44
13h 5m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
21US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Barnstaple A39, United Kingdom
Crime
Road safety
121 reported road collisions (2024)
25 killed or seriously injured · 160 casualties · 14.6 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Riverside Halt (3.1 km)
- 0 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Newton St Cyres (10.8 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£284,283 average▼ 1.1% YoY
Across Mid Devon · to 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£876 average monthly rent▲ 1.6% YoY
- 1 bed £640
- 2 bed £808
- 3 bed £993
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07
Affordability
8.4× house price to earnings
A typical home costs 8.4 times median annual pay (7.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).
Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 166.9p · Morrisons (5.5 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Morrisons (5.5 km)
2 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
6 charging locations within ~8 km
- 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 120 kW
- Nearest: Fishermans Cot (3 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Swimming pools1
- Sports pitches4
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
82,852 residents in Mid Devon · 91/km²
- Under 16: 18%
- 16–64: 58%
- 65+: 24%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Deprivation
Around the average in England
Ranked 162 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019
Council tax
£2,656 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band B (24% of 38,630)
Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27
Schools
42 schools · 9,804 pupils
35 primary · 4 secondary · 3 other
Ofsted: 16 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)
40inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)
Secondary schools:
- Cullompton Community CollegeGood
- Queen Elizabeth'sGood
- Tiverton High School
- Uffculme School
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Mid Devon
Care & health services
832 CQC-registered services
- Care homes310
- GP practices118
- Dentists158
- Homecare agencies155
- Hospitals & hospices39
CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate
Source: Care Quality Commission · Devon
Heritage & planning
- Not in the Green Belt
- 9 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
152 applications decided
94.1% granted · 143 granted, 9 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1
Council control
Liberal Democrat majority
- Con 3
- LD 34
- Grn 3
- Oth 2
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
Local businesses
4,980 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Local economy
£719 median full-time weekly pay
2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£27,377 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Energy efficiency
41% of homes rated EPC C or above
Most common band: D · 39,478 certificates
11.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)
Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty
Health
Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 80.8 yrs men
65% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction7.5
- Feeling worthwhile7.7
- Happiness yesterday7.3
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1
Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Central Devon:
- Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership637 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases404 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership374 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office343 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
- Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks319 local signatures · 49,615 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
- Cadeleigh · 2.5 km
Cadeleigh is a small village and civil parish in the county of Devon in England. It sits in the hills above the valley of the River Exe and is about 15 km north of Exeter and 6 km southwest of Tiverton.
The Fisherman's Cot · 2.9 kmThe Fisherman's Cot is an inn on the A3072 road to the northwest of Bickleigh near Tiverton, in northeastern Devon. It is operated by Marston's Inns and lies on the River Exe.
Devon Railway Centre · 3.1 kmThe Devon Railway Centre is in the village of Bickleigh in Mid Devon, England, at the former Cadeleigh railway station on the closed Great Western Railway branch from Exeter to Dulverton, also known as the Exe Valley…
Bickleigh Castle · 3.4 kmBickleigh Castle is a fortified manor house that stands on the banks of the River Exe at Bickleigh in Devon, England. Once considerably larger, Bickleigh now comprises a group of buildings from various periods which t…
Bickleigh, Mid Devon · 3.6 kmBickleigh is a village and civil parish in the Mid Devon district of Devon, England, about four miles south of Tiverton. The 2021 census recorded a population of 339.
Cadbury Castle, Devon · 4.1 kmCadbury Castle is an Iron Age Hillfort close to Bickleigh, Devon, England. It was later encamped by the Parliamentarian forces during the English Civil War under Thomas Fairfax when he laid siege to Bickleigh Castle.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
Towns in Mid Devon
- Bampton (Mid Devon)
- Bow
- Bradninch
- Chawleigh
- Cheriton Bishop
- Cheriton Fitzpaine
- Copplestone
- Crediton
- Cullompton
- Culmstock
- Halberton
- Hemyock
- Holcombe Rogus
- Kentisbeare
- Lapford
- Morchard Bishop
- Newton St Cyres
- Sampford Peverell
- Sandford (Mid Devon)
- Silverton
- Stoneyford
- Thorverton
- Tiverton
- Uffculme
- Westleigh
- Willand
- Witheridge
- Zeal Monachorum