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Mary Tavy

Mary Tavy is a village in Devon, England, with a population of around 840. It has 2 bus stops. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Mary Tavy area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the West Devon area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 57,098 residents at roughly 49 people per km².

Council
West Devon
County
Devon
Constituency
Torridge and West Devon
Police force
Devon & Cornwall
60/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 79th of 294 English council areas — better than 73% of them.

Home affordability58
Affordable rents89
Good schools51
Life expectancy89
Low deprivation39
Employment86
Low council tax3

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

7°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 10° / 7° · 17% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:12Sunset 16:47

9h 34m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

42US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Saltash Callington Road, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 4.9 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 3.7% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

118 reported road collisions (2025)

27 killed or seriously injured · 168 casualties · 20.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

3 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Gunnislake (11.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£286,921 average▼ 1.5% YoY

Across West Devon · to 2026-08

Detached£432,878
Semi-detached£286,619
Terraced£219,965
Flat£146,185

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£846 average monthly rent▲ 3.3% YoY

  • 1 bed £603
  • 2 bed £771
  • 3 bed £952

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

Affordability

7.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.8 times median annual pay (8.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

826 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: 166.9p · Asda (11.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 198.9p · Asda (11.5 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

2 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 7 kW
  • Nearest: West Devon Borough Council (5.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches2
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

57,098 residents in West Devon · 49/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK3,865
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK3,226
  • Net moves+639

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

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 117 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,705 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (25% of 27,470)

A £1,804
B £2,104
C £2,405
D £2,705
E £3,307
F £3,908
G £4,509
H £5,411

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

Schools

37 schools · 6,412 pupils

29 primary · 2 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 16 of 18 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Okehampton CollegeRequires improvement
  • Tavistock CollegeRequires improvement

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · West Devon

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
  • 20 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

85 applications decided

82.4% granted · 70 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Sir Geoffrey Cox

Conservative

Torridge and Tavistock

Recent votes:

  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • NoBudget 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

Independent / Green / Liberal Democrat / Labour coalition

  • Lab 1
  • Con 10
  • LD 6
  • Grn 3
  • Oth 11

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

3,575 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

1 jobs advertised

e.g. Delivery Driver

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£662 median full-time weekly pay

2.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,196 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

36% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 28,821 certificates

12.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

4% low-carbon electricity

Gas 96% · Wind 4%

378 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 82 yrs men

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

57% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.9
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.8
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2021-22

Health services

3 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in PL19

  • Tavyside Health Centre
  • Abbey Surgery
  • Ent Gpwsi Tavistock Hospital

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Torridge and Tavistock:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Mary Tavy · 0.5 km

    Mary Tavy is a village with a population of around 600, located four miles north of Tavistock in the West Devon district, in Devon, England; it is named after the River Tavy. There is an electoral ward with the same n…

  • Cudlipptown · 1.9 km

    Cudlipptown or Cudliptown is a small village located near the western edge of Dartmoor National Park, northeast of Tavistock, and approximately one mile northeast of Peter Tavy.

  • Devon United Mine · 1.9 km

    Devon United Mine is a 1.0 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Devon, England, notified in 1987.

  • Collybrooke · 2.1 km

    The Collybrooke or Colly Brook is a brook on Dartmoor in Devon, England. It is a tributary of the River Tavy.

  • Peter Tavy · 2.3 km

    Peter Tavy is a village and civil parish 3 miles (4.8 km) along the A386, northeast of Tavistock, in the West Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. It is named after the River Tavy. St Peter's Parish Church…

  • Brentor railway station · 2.3 km

    Brentor railway station used to serve the village of Brentor in Devon, England. It was on the Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway's line from Lydford to Plymouth, between Lydford and Tavistock.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Mary Tavy?
Mary Tavy is a town in Devon, England, in the West Devon local authority.
What is the population of Mary Tavy?
Mary Tavy has an approximate settlement population of 840.
How deprived is Mary Tavy?
The West Devon local authority, which includes Mary Tavy, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.