Select Committee on Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Written Evidence

APPENDIX 1

EVIDENCE OF DEVON COUNTY COUNCIL: DATA APPENDIX

Population

	1991 Resident Population				2001 Population				Intercensal population change
Area	All People	Males	Females	All People	MalesFemales All People Males Females
Devon CC	646,903	309,310	337,593	704,499	340,054	364,445	8.9%	9.9%	8.0%
East Devon	115,873	54,202	61,671	125,525	59,202	66,323	8.3%	9.2%	7.5%
Exeter	98,125	46,722	51,403	111,078	53,971	57,107	13.2%	15.5%	11.1%
Mid Devon	64,258	31,124	33,134	69,772	34,100	35,672	8.6%	9.6%	7.7%
North Devon	84,800	40,794	44,006	87,518	42,502	45,016	3.2%	4.2%	2.3%
South Hampshire	77,565	37,456	40,109	81,846	39,592	42,254	5.5%	5.7%	5.3%
Teignbridge	108,258	51,597	56,661	120,967	57,924	63,043	11.7%	12.3%	11.3%
Torridge	52,129	25,248	26,881	58,985	28,829	30,156	13.2%	14.2%	12.2%
West Devon	45,895	22,167	23,728	48,808	23,934	24,874	6.3%	8.0%	4.8%
Plymouth	243,373	118,842	124,531	240,718	117,558	123,160	-1.1%	-1.1%	-1.1%
Torbay	119,674	55,527	64,147	129,702	61,781	67,921	8.4%	11.3%	5.9%
County of Devon	1,009,950	483,679	526,271	1,074,919	519,393	555,526	6.4%	7.4%	5.6%
Note:   The Devon CC figure is the area administered by Devon County Council and excludes Plymouth City and Torbay as these are unitary authorities. The county of Devon figure includes Plymouth and Torbay. Some figures may not add to the totals given due to rounding.

HOUSING AFFORDABILITY

Lower Quartile Affordability (2004)

	Lower quartile house price	Earnings	Ratio	Salary needed for Mortgage
ENGLAND	£105,000	£22,893	4.6	£28,500
SOUTH WEST	£125,950	£20,132	6.3	£34,186
Devon	£134,950	£18,064	7.5	£36,629
East Devon	£144,000	£18,666	7.7	£39,086
Exeter	£129,250	£16,771	7.7	£35,082
Mid Devon	£128,000	£19,569	6.5	£34,743
North Devon	£132,000	£16,828	7.8	£35,829
South Hams	£150,000	£19,687	7.6	£40,714
Teignbridge	£130,000	£17,250	7.5	£35,286
Torridge	£128,831	£16,964	7.6	£34,968
West Devon	£135,000	n/a	—	£36,643
Plymouth UA	£89,950	£17,605	5.1	£24,415
Torbay UA	£117,500	£15,359	7.7	£31,893
Sources:   Land Registry, ASHE, NHF calculations.

HOUSING NEED

Households on Housing Register

	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
ENGLAND	1,035,752	1,038,720	1,039,265	1,093,342	1,263,550	1,434,031
SOUTH WEST	84,983	88,444	89,633	94,918	110,445	123,845
Devon	11,687	11,227	12,700	13,562	14,870	17,384
East Devon	2,230	2,496	2,863	3,296	2,965	3,930
Exeter	18,161	834	2,008	2,286	2,582	2,899
Mid Devon	984	1,024	964	959	982	1,217
North Devon	1,992	1,385	2,059	1,617	2,186	2,625
South Hams	983	892	795	1,029	1,558	1,797
Teignbridge	2,031	1,857	2,189	2,476	2,573	2,744
Torridge	880	1,019	1,106	981	1,057	1,095
West Devon	771	720	716	918	967	1,077
Plymouth UA	4,507	6,222	2,553	7,528	8,235	9,069
Torbay UA	722	937	981	851	1314	2,555
Source:   NHF: Local Authority HIP returns/CORE data. Households accepted as homeless and in priority need

	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04
ENGLAND	106,612	115,081	117,740	129,753	136,545
SOUTH WEST	10,030	11,502	11,436	12,777	11,495
Devon	1,318	1,469	1,431	1,534	1,558
East Devon	322	260	210	276	256
Exeter	177	258	233	370	307
Mid Devon	129	153	248	170	165
North Devon	109	138	154	130	240
South Hams	188	207	182	188	172
Teignbridge	233	313	239	245	219
Torridge	73	53	44	39	81
West Devon	87	87	121	116	118
Plymouth UA	1,019	1,112	1,007	1,392	831
Torbay UA	185	139	265	339	361
Source:   NHF/Local Authority HIP returns. Homeless households in priority need in temporary accommodation at 31 March

	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04
ENGLAND	59,053	81,503	83,226	94,269	106,025
SOUTH WEST	4,826	6,162	5,901	6,654	6,697
Devon	828	844	949	891	704
East Devon	143	55	46	195	25
Exeter	94	158	184	198	276
Mid Devon	133	139	185	247	184
North Devon	4	16	15	60	3
1South Hams	49	59	56	83	97
Teignbridge	378	379	418	34	17
Torridge	2	6	5	13	13
West Devon	25	32	40	61	61
Plymouth UA	188	238	174	135	343
Torbay UA	89	167	224	288	473
Source:   NHF/Local Authority HIP returns.

HOUSING COMPLETIONS

All Dwellings Authority	Dwellings Completed
	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05*	2001-04*	2001-05*
Dartmoor	97	36	102	0	235	235
East Devon	395	629	556	0	1,580	1,580
Exeter	391	444	314	482	1,149	1,631
Mid Devon	444	400	400	0	1,244	1,244
North Devon	379	409	210	442	998	1,440
Plymouth	453	445	358	646	1,256	1,902
South Hams	229	172	317	0	718	718
Teignbridge	282	310	455	0	1,047	1,047
Torbay	573	481	493	0	1,547	1,547
Torridge	444	408	303	0	1,155	1,155
West Devon	177	173	226	0	576	576
Total	3,864	3,907	3,734	1,570	11,505	13,075
*incomplete data Source:   DCC monitoring records.

Affordable Housing Completions—2004	Local Authority	Housing Association	"Other" affordable	Total
ENGLAND	826	28,919	3,479	33,224
SOUTH WEST	572	3,071	402	4,045
Devon	0	307	6	313
East Devon	0	33	0	33
Exeter	0	110	5	115
Mid Devon	0	51	0	51
North Devon	0	9	0	9
South Hams	0	17	0	17
Teignbridge	0	42	0	42
Torridge	0	6	0	6
West Devon	0	39	1	40
Plymouth UA	0	67	14	81
Torbay UA	0	91	97	188
Source:   NHF/ODPM housing statistics.

---

---

Prepared 20 March 2006