Ivybridge

6°CClear

• Today: 10° / 5° · 13% rain
• Tomorrow: 8° / 5° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:09Sunset 16:48

9h 39m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Plymouth Centre, United Kingdom

• 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

42 reported · August 2026▼ 14% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences14
• Anti-social behaviour12
• Other theft8
• Criminal damage & arson7

Neighbourhood team: Ivybridge Town · Devon And Cornwall

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

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)

57 food businesses within 2 miles

• 50 rated 4–5 ★ (44 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Ivybridge (1.0 km)
• 14 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£360,616 average▲ 0.8% YoY

Across South Hams · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 171.9p · Asda (11.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 196.9p · Asda (11.9 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

5 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Ivybridge Glanvilles Mill Car Park (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools8
• Sports pitches29
• Playgrounds16

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

88,624 residents in South Hams · 100/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• 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

Less deprived than the average in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,615 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

234 applications decided

94.9% granted · 222 granted, 12 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Rebecca Smith

Conservative

South West Devon

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

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

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

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens9
• Restaurants & cafés9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,020 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

66 jobs advertised · £32,492 avg

e.g. Seasonal Sales Assistant at Tesco, Trainee Utility Surveyor, Food Production Operative

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

5% low-carbon electricity

Gas 95% · Wind 5%

374 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

3 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in PL21

• Modbury Health Centre
• Lee Mill Hospital
• Boots

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South West Devon:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks333 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND277 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases227 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth226 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills193 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Ivybridge Town Hall · 0.2 km

  Ivybridge Town Hall is a municipal building at Erme Court in Ivybridge, a town in Devon, in England. It serves as the meeting place of Ivybridge Town Council.

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  Ivybridge · 0.2 km

  Ivybridge is a town and civil parish in the South Hams, in Devon, England. It lies about thirteen miles east of Plymouth. It is at the southern extremity of Dartmoor, a National Park of England and Wales and lies alon…

• Ivybridge Community College · 0.3 km

  Ivybridge Community College is a state-funded secondary school and academy in Ivybridge, Devon, England. Located on the southern slopes of Dartmoor, it takes students from the surrounding 100 square miles (260 km2) of…

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  Stowford House · 0.8 km

  Stowford House is a former manor house in the South Hams district of Devon. It is close to the village of Harford. The building was designated a Grade II listed building on 23 April 1952. The house was the birthplace…

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  Ivybridge Town F.C. · 0.9 km

  Ivybridge Town Football Club is a football club based in Ivybridge, Devon, England. They are currently members of the Western League Premier Division and play at Erme Valley.

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  Ivybridge railway station · 1.1 km

  Ivybridge railway station is situated on the Exeter to Plymouth line and serves the town of Ivybridge in Devon, England. It is 234 miles 27 chains down the line from the zero point at London Paddington, measured via Box.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)