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Willand

Willand is a town in Devon, England, with a population of around 3,360. It has around 1 restaurant and café, 24 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Tiverton Parkway, 3.1 km away. There were around 20 recorded street crimes in June 2026, 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 Willand area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Mid Devon area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 82,852 residents at roughly 91 people per km².

Council
Mid Devon
County
Devon
Constituency
Tiverton and Honiton
Police force
Devon & Cornwall
52/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 134th of 294 English council areas — better than 54% of them.

Home affordability48
Affordable rents73
Good schools34
Life expectancy77
Low deprivation51
Employment82
Low council tax5

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

17°COvercast

  • Today: 19° / 17° · 58% rain
  • Tomorrow: 24° / 17° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:42Sunset 19:36

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Cardiff Centre, United Kingdom

Crime

20 reported · July 2026 13% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences13
  • Criminal damage & arson4
  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Canonsleigh, Halberton & Willand · Devon And Cornwall

Local policing priorities

  • Tackling priority and prolific offenders in Mid Devon
  • Identifying areas which suffer from the highest amounts of reported anti social behaviour and using a wide range of resources to tackle i…

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

Road safety

121 reported road collisions (2024)

25 killed or seriously injured · 160 casualties · 14.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

31 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 28 rated 4–5 ★ (25 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Tiverton Parkway (3.8 km)
  • 16 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Tiverton Parkway (3.8 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£284,283 average 1.1% YoY

Across Mid Devon · to 2026-06

Detached£423,118
Semi-detached£277,973
Terraced£220,299
Flat£130,690

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£876 average monthly rent 1.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £640
  • 2 bed £808
  • 3 bed £993

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

Affordability

8.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.4 times median annual pay (7.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 167.9p · Morrisons (9.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Morrisons (9.3 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

7 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Diggerland Devon (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches7
  • Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

82,852 residents in Mid Devon · 91/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 58%
  • 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 162 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,656 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (24% of 38,630)

A £1,771
B £2,066
C £2,361
D £2,656
E £3,247
F £3,837
G £4,427
H £5,313

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

Schools

42 schools · 9,804 pupils

35 primary · 4 secondary · 3 other

Ofsted: 16 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)

40inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Cullompton Community CollegeGood
  • Queen Elizabeth'sGood
  • Tiverton High School
  • Uffculme School

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

Care & health services

832 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes310
  • GP practices118
  • Dentists158
  • 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

152 applications decided

94.1% granted · 143 granted, 9 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Con 3
  • LD 34
  • Grn 3
  • Oth 2

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens18
  • Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,980 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

54 jobs advertised · £42,780 avg

e.g. Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats, Technical Manager

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£719 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,377 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

41% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 39,478 certificates

11.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 80.8 yrs men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Tiverton and Minehead:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Willand · 0.0 km

    Willand is a village and civil parish in Mid Devon, England. It is about 19 km (12 mi) north of Exeter and 2.4 km (1.5 mi) north of Cullompton. In 1991 the population was 3750 although recently this has grown consider…

  • Willand Rovers F.C. · 0.6 km

    Willand Rovers Football Club is a football club based in Willand, near Exeter, in Devon. They are currently members of the Southern League Division One South and play at Silver Street. The club is affiliated to the De…

  • Bradfield House · 1.3 km

    Bradfield House is a Grade I listed country house situated in the parish of Uffculme, Devon, England, 2 miles (3.2 km) south-west of the village of Uffculme.

  • Cullompton services · 2.7 km

    Cullompton services is a motorway service station on the M5 motorway near Exeter. It is owned by Extra. It has a McDonald's restaurant which is franchised and offers table service, a small WHSmith and a Costa Coffee w…

  • Coldharbour Halt railway station · 2.9 km

    Coldharbour Halt railway station was a small station from 1929 to 1963 on the Culm Valley Light Railway.

  • Coldharbour Mill Working Wool Museum · 3.0 km

    Coldharbour Mill, near the village of Uffculme in Devon, England, is one of the oldest woollen textile mills in the world, having been in continuous production since 1797. The mill was one of a number owned by Fox Bro…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Willand?
Willand is a town in Devon, England, in the Mid Devon local authority.
What is the population of Willand?
Willand has an approximate settlement population of 3,360.
How deprived is Willand?
The Mid Devon local authority, which includes Willand, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.