Collaton St Mary

10°CClear

• Today: 12° / 9° · 39% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:48

9h 42m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Plymouth Centre, United Kingdom

• 5.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

101 reported · August 2026▼ 22% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences43
• Shoplifting20
• Anti-social behaviour9
• Public order8

7 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Blatchcombe · Devon And Cornwall

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

172 reported road collisions (2025)

31 killed or seriously injured · 204 casualties · 12.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

293 food businesses within 2 miles

• 222 rated 4–5 ★ (175 top)
• 12 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

£221,469 average▼ 3.1% YoY

Across Torbay · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£920 average monthly rent▲ 4% YoY

• 1 bed £619
• 2 bed £817
• 3 bed £997

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

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

1,956 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

• Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · Esso (11.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (5.9 km)

3 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,696
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,199
• Net moves+497

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 50 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

11% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

43 inspected 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: 85% 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)

111 applications decided

83.8% granted · 93 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

4,960 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£669 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% 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

3% low-carbon electricity

Gas 97% · Wind 3%

382 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

3 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in TQ4

• Mayfield Medical Centre
• Corner Place Surgery
• Torquay Care Home Visiting Service

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Devon:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks901 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Introduce urgent moratorium on AI Data Centres and BESS outside AI Growth Zones343 local signatures · 38,553 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND305 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately190 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases186 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

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

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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, housing a collection of approximately 1,876 animals representing nearly 189 species, and cultivates about 1,600 different species of plant across its 80-acre site.

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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…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)