Collaton St Mary

17°CLight rain shower

• Today: 18° / 11° · 64% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 19:41

13h 1m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Plymouth Centre, United Kingdom

138 reported · July 2026▲ 20% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences57
• Shoplifting29
• Anti-social behaviour17
• Criminal damage & arson9

1 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Blatchcombe · Devon And Cornwall

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

165 reported road collisions (2024)

36 killed or seriously injured · 208 casualties · 11.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

295 food businesses within 2 miles

• 221 rated 4–5 ★ (177 top)
• 11 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Paignton Queens Park (2.5 km)
• 25 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£223,577 average▼ 0.9% YoY

Across Torbay · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£917 average monthly rent▲ 4.4% YoY

• 1 bed £617
• 2 bed £814
• 3 bed £993

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

8.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.1 times median annual pay (7.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · Esso (11.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · Morrisons (1 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

23 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Spirent Communications LTD (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches6
• Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

139,324 residents in Torbay · 2,216/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 57%
• 65+: 27%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 48 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

16% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,470 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (26% of 68,850)

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

48 schools · 19,618 pupils

31 primary · 8 secondary · 9 other

Ofsted: 20 of 22 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

43inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Torbay

155 CQC-registered services

• Care homes74
• GP practices14
• Dentists27
• Homecare agencies29
• Hospitals & hospices7

CQC ratings: 84% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 3 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Torbay

• Not in the Green Belt
• 41 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

123 applications decided

87.8% granted · 108 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Caroline Voaden

Liberal Democrat

South Devon

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Con 17
• LD 15
• Oth 4

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

• Schools7
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens9
• Restaurants & cafés11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,880 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£669 median full-time weekly pay

3.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,771 disposable income per head (2024)

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

37% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 75,292 certificates

11.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

21% low-carbon electricity

Gas 79% · Wind 21% · Nuclear 0%

311 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83 yrs women · 77.9 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 61.9 women · 61.5 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Devon:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership627 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks441 local signatures · 49,615 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office332 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership328 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s251 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Church of St Mary, Collaton St Mary · 0.5 km

  The Church of St Mary, in the village of Collaton St Mary in Devon, was built between 1864 and 1866 in memory of Mary Maxwell Hogg, teenaged daughter of the Rev John Roughton Hogg, owner of the nearby Blagdon Barton e…

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  Paignton Academy · 0.9 km

  Paignton Academy is a secondary school with academy status, located in Devon, England.

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  Blagdon, Paignton · 1.0 km

  Blagdon historically in the parish of Paignton in Devon, England (today in the parish of Collaton St Mary), is a historic Manor, the seat of the Kirkham family from the 13th to 17th centuries. The manor house known as…

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  Paignton Zoo · 1.0 km

  Paignton Zoo is a zoo in Paignton, Devon, England, operated by Dutch leisure company Libéma since January 2026. The zoo houses a collection of approximately 1,876 animals representing nearly 189 species, and cultivate…

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  Wild Planet Trust · 1.0 km

  Wild Planet Trust, formerly known as the Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust (WWCT), is a registered charity, set up to run Paignton Zoo after the death of its founder, Herbert Whitley, who established the zoo on his…

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  Great Parks Reservoir · 1.1 km

  Great Parks Reservoir was a former site of reservoirs and water works situated in the Westerland Stream Valley in Blagdon, Paignton, Devon, United Kingdom. The site is approximately one mile from Paignton town center…

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