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Torbay

LOCAL AUTHORITY
Avg IMD
Most deprived 30–40%
Census 2021
139,324
Households
62,997
Crimes · Aug '26
1,346

Estimated population, mid-2025: 139,486 (ONS, published 29 Jul 2026)

62,997
Households
White Brit. · 92%
Ethnicity
Christian · 49%
Religion
Most deprived 30⁠–⁠40%
Avg IMD
1,346
Crimes · Aug '26
£245,000
Median property price · Torbay · Oct 2025⁠–⁠Sep 2026 · 1,729 sales
£920
Average rent, August 2026
3,768
Postcodes

Sold prices in Torbay

England & Wales
Property sales · Torbay
HM Land Registry · Torbay
Average price
£273,231
Median price: £245,000
Median -2.0% vs prior 12 months
Standard sales only · Oct 2025–Sep 2026 · 1,729 sales
View district TQ2
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Recent sale price trend
Oct '25 – Sep '26Sep '26: 74 sales · avg £280,555
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£285k£257k£229k
Oct '25Jan '26Apr '26Jul '26Sep '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in Torbay

England & Wales
Crime trends · Torbay

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearSep '24 – Aug '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
582
YoY stable
654531407
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
ASB
171
YoY -29%
26718297
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Vehicle Crime
21
YoY -48%
624017
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Burglary
32
YoY -30%
493316
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Criminal damage
102
YoY -10%
14611685
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Other recorded crime
166
YoY +11%
182149116
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Notable spike detected in secondary categories
Shoplifting
139
YoY +29%
18913376
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Public Order
78
YoY stable
1037547
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Drugs
55
YoY +15%
805326
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26

4 of 6 key categories improving · shoplifting up sharply · other recorded crime rising

1,346
incidents · Aug '26

Demographics in Torbay

Ethnicity

Total residents: 139,307
White Brit.92.2%
Other White3.4%
Other Asian0.7%
White Irish0.5%
White & Asian0.5%
+ 14 other groups · 2.7%

Religion

Total residents: 139,346
Christian48.5%
No religion43.2%
Not answered6.3%
Other religion0.7%
Muslim0.6%
+ 4 other religions · 0.7%

Age groups

Total residents: 139,324
50–6422.1%
35–4916.3%
65–7413.8%
25–3410.6%
75–849.1%
+ 6 other age groups · 28.1%

Households

Total households: 62,997
One person: aged 66+17.6%
One person: other17.2%
Single family household, all members 66+12.1%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children11.0%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children9.9%
+ 9 other households · 32.2%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Torbay

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Most deprived 30–40%
Mean decile 4.11 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Most deprived 30–40% on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 4.11 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Flood risk in Torbay

2% of postcodes (80 of 3768) are in Flood Zone 3 and 2% in Zone 2, measured at each postcode's centre (EA Flood Map for Planning). Not a property-level assessment.

  • Zone 380 (2%)
  • Zone 257 (2%)
  • Zone 13,631 (96%)

Environment Agency flood map for planning · © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right · Open Government Licence v3.0

Transport in Torbay

Torquay is a 20-minute walk from the centre

Rail · 1.6 km

  • Torquay

    Rail

    1.6 km

  • Paignton (Paignton and Dartmouth Railway)

    Tram · Rail

    1.9 km

  • Paignton

    Rail

    1.9 km

NaPTAN · walking distance from the area centre · rail, Underground, DLR, tram, metro, and ferry

Amenities in Torbay

GPs make up most of the mapped places

16 GPs · 6 Libraries · 5 Museums · 30 in all

  • GPs16
  • Libraries6
  • Museums5
  • Hospitals3

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

Private rents in Torbay

Average rent, August 2026

£920/month

ONS Price Index of Private Rents — average monthly rent by bedroom.

£619
1 bed
£817
2 bed
£997
3 bed
£1,296
4 bed

ONS Price Index of Private Rents · local authority aggregate, not an asking rent

School applications

We've matched this area to Torbay.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Last place offered

None of these schools has a published last distance, so we cannot compare this postcode with last year's places. We do not draw catchment maps in this list; where we hold a council's map, it is on the school's page.

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Admission appeals in Torbay

Appeals lodged

119

Local authority × school phase. Not a figure for one school.

Primary
2 · 0.2% of admissions
Lodged
0 · 0.0% of admissions
Heard
0 · 0.0% of those heard
Successful

1,278 admissions

Infant
2 · 0.2% of admissions
Lodged
0 · 0.0% of admissions
Heard
0 · 0.0% of those heard
Successful

1,124 admissions

Secondary
117 · 6.1% of admissions
Lodged
96 · 5.0% of admissions
Heard
20 · 20.8% of those heard
Successful

1,903 admissions

EES admission appeals · Reporting year 2026 · as at 6 Aug 2026

Overview of Torbay

Coordinates50.4467, -3.5461
Postcodes
3,768
Census 2021
139,324

Estimated population, mid-2025: 139,486 (ONS, published 29 Jul 2026)

Households (Census)
62,997
Recorded crime · Aug '26
1,346

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