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Chillington

Chillington is a village in Devon, England. It has 2 bus stops and Kingsbridge Park Side railway station 5.6 km away. In June 2026, there were around 4 recorded street crimes, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Chillington area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the South Hams area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 88,624 residents at roughly 100 people per km².

Council
South Hams
County
Devon
Constituency
Totnes
Police force
Devon & Cornwall
55/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 115th of 294 English council areas — better than 61% of them.

Home affordability15
Affordable rents44
Good schools57
Life expectancy93
Low deprivation61
Employment90
Low council tax9

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

10°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 11° / 9° · 68% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Light rain shower

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:46

9h 36m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

32US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Plymouth Centre, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 5.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 3.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

5 reported · August 2026▲ 25% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences3
  • Other theft1
  • Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Kingsbridge Rural East · Devon And Cornwall

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-Social Behaviour
  • Drug dealing

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

158 reported road collisions (2025)

21 killed or seriously injured · 217 casualties · 17.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

5 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 3 rated 4–5 ★ (2 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Kingsbridge Park Side (5.6 km)
  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

House prices

£360,616 average▲ 0.8% YoY

Across South Hams · to 2026-08

Detached£545,564
Semi-detached£346,829
Terraced£287,612
Flat£189,302

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,012 average monthly rent▲ 3.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £737
  • 2 bed £921
  • 3 bed £1,139

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

11.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.4 times median annual pay (10.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,415 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 172.9p · Asda (8.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 198.9p · Asda (8.7 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

7 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 22 kW
  • Nearest: Whitebeam Wood Holiday Home (3.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches1
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

88,624 residents in South Hams · 100/km²

  • Under 16: 15%
  • 16–64: 56%
  • 65+: 28%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,947
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,318
  • Net moves+1,629

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 181 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,615 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (20% of 47,850)

A £1,743
B £2,034
C £2,325
D £2,615
E £3,196
F £3,778
G £4,359
H £5,230

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

55 schools · 11,738 pupils

39 primary · 3 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 18 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (90%)

45 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Ivybridge Community CollegeGood
  • Kingsbridge AcademyGood
  • King Edward VI Community College

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · South Hams

Care & health services

829 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes309
  • GP practices118
  • Dentists156
  • 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
  • 29 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

234 applications decided

94.9% granted · 222 granted, 12 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Caroline Voaden

Liberal Democrat

South Devon

Recent votes:

  • NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging)
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief)

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Lab 1
  • Con 7
  • LD 19
  • Grn 3
  • Oth 1

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,020 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

1 jobs advertised · £34,320 avg

e.g. Practice Nurse

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£751 median full-time weekly pay

2.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£30,368 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

35% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 50,991 certificates

11.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

17% low-carbon electricity

Gas 83% · Solar 13% · Wind 5%

326 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 82.9 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Devon): 64 women · 63.7 men

57% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.1
  • Feeling worthwhile7.1
  • Happiness yesterday6.9
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Health services

2 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in TQ7

  • Norton Brook Medical Centre
  • Chillington Health Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Devon:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Chillington, Devon · 0.5 km

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  • Frogmore, Devon · 1.6 km

    Frogmore is a village in the civil parish of Frogmore and Sherford in the South Hams district of the county of Devon, England.

  • Frogmore and Sherford · 1.8 km

    Frogmore and Sherford is a civil parish in the South Hams district, in the county of Devon, England. Within it are the villages of Frogmore and Sherford. The parish was created in 1986 from Sherford and parts of South…

  • Sherford (near Kingsbridge) · 1.9 km

    Sherford is a village and former civil parish and manor, now in the parish of Frogmore and Sherford, in the South Hams district, in the county of Devon, England. It is situated about 2+1⁄2 miles (4 km) east of the tow…

  • Slapton Castle · 2.2 km

    Slapton Castle is an Iron Age hill fort situated close to Slapton in Devon, England. The fort is on a promontory on the eastern side of a hilltop at approximately 65 metres (213 ft) above sea level, overlooking Slapto…

  • Ford, Chivelstone · 2.3 km

    Ford is a hamlet about 6 miles from Stoke Fleming, in the civil parish of Chivelstone, in the South Hams district, in the county of Devon, England. Ford contains around a dozen houses and has a ruined chapel. In 1870-…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Chillington?
Chillington is a town in Devon, England, in the South Hams local authority.
How deprived is Chillington?
The South Hams local authority, which includes Chillington, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.