Property market | £307,739 for a semi-detached property | |
Airport access | Closest airport is Exeter (18.6 miles) | |
Broadband | 38.1mbps average broadband speeds (average broadband for UK) | |
Ethnic diversity | White: 97.8% residents (vs 81.7% England & Wales) Other: 2.2% residents (vs 18.3% England & Wales) | |
Socio-economic status | Ranked 219 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 540 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Central Devon level) | |
Community | Median age is 46.7 | Happiness is Below Average for Devon, Average for UK | |
Crime | 2.0 burglaries per 1k people (Devon and Cornwall) | |
Commute (approx) | - Bristol Temple Meads (106 mins) - Reading (151 mins) - Birmingham New Street (191 mins) - Paddington (191 mins) | |
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£307,739 for a semi-detached property | |
Closest airport is Exeter (18.6 miles) | |
38.1mbps average broadband speeds (average broadband for UK) | |
Median age is 46.7 | Happiness is Below Average for Devon, Average for UK | |
Ranked 219 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 540 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Central Devon level) | |
2.0 burglaries per 1k people (Devon and Cornwall) | |
- Bristol Temple Meads (106 mins) - Reading (151 mins) - Birmingham New Street (191 mins) - Paddington (191 mins) | |
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The property market in Burston has had a steep increase over the last few years but slowing growth. Based on data published on 15 November 2023, on average a detached house costs £479,849, which is up 3.5% on last year. A semi-detached house on average costs £307,739 (up 3.1% on last year) , a terraced house £245,575 (up 2.2% on last year) and a flat £157,536. Renting a two bedroom flat will cost you approximately £629 per month. Property prices in Burston are similar to the average property prices across Devon and are similar when compared to other locations with a similar density in England. When looking at the annual change in property prices in Burston, prices have increased, while prices decreased across the Devon region.
Property data is based on Mid Devon level pricing data and is as at September 2023 (publicised 15 November 2023)
Detached and Semi-detached House Trend (£) to September 2023
County | Avg Detached Price | Annual Change | Avg Semi-Detached Price | Annual Change |
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Rutland | £557,774 | +11.3% | £341,529 | +11.7% |
Northumberland | £333,743 | +7.3% | £183,403 | +6.1% |
Lancashire | £326,887 | +4.3% | £195,848 | +3.4% |
Leicestershire | £432,076 | +3.9% | £262,308 | +3.0% |
Derbyshire | £340,545 | +3.7% | £209,276 | +2.9% |
Oxfordshire | £706,629 | +3.5% | £450,305 | +3.5% |
Merseyside | £340,051 | +3.4% | £214,398 | +2.4% |
Gloucestershire | £536,963 | +3.4% | £330,457 | +3.4% |
Nottinghamshire | £334,429 | +2.8% | £206,257 | +2.8% |
Wiltshire | £521,688 | +2.7% | £328,877 | +3.0% |
Greater Manchester | £396,806 | +2.7% | £254,125 | +2.3% |
West Yorkshire | £351,673 | +2.5% | £210,889 | +2.0% |
West Midlands | £407,684 | +2.2% | £245,250 | +2.4% |
East Riding of Yorkshire | £326,098 | +2.2% | £203,163 | +2.1% |
Staffordshire | £364,884 | +2.1% | £221,783 | +2.1% |
Herefordshire | £434,518 | +2.1% | £276,148 | +2.2% |
South Yorkshire | £284,409 | +2.0% | £182,869 | +1.9% |
West Sussex | £686,980 | +1.9% | £441,716 | +2.3% |
Kent | £619,795 | +1.8% | £386,201 | +1.4% |
Shropshire | £404,408 | +1.8% | £252,891 | +1.8% |
Warwickshire | £515,326 | +1.8% | £299,238 | +1.3% |
Devon | £503,963 | +1.6% | £337,624 | +2.3% |
North Yorkshire | £422,027 | +1.5% | £265,231 | +1.2% |
Norfolk | £406,137 | +1.4% | £267,820 | +1.2% |
North Northamptonshire | £426,370 | +1.3% | £254,947 | +1.2% |
Buckinghamshire | £853,940 | +1.2% | £460,891 | +1.2% |
West Northamptonshire | £478,844 | +0.9% | £279,006 | +0.7% |
Hampshire | £628,455 | +0.6% | £386,140 | +1.0% |
Lincolnshire | £307,354 | +0.6% | £205,466 | +1.4% |
Worcestershire | £455,558 | +0.6% | £276,201 | +0.9% |
Essex | £586,972 | +0.4% | £379,804 | 0.0% |
Somerset | £465,131 | +0.3% | £296,160 | +0.7% |
Suffolk | £454,636 | +0.2% | £283,920 | +0.6% |
East Sussex | £595,763 | +0.1% | £385,074 | +0.4% |
Cambridgeshire | £486,349 | 0.0% | £330,028 | +0.2% |
Surrey | £957,680 | -0.2% | £546,201 | +0.7% |
Isle of Wight | £435,441 | -0.4% | £298,787 | 0.0% |
Hertfordshire | £939,983 | -0.7% | £542,021 | -0.2% |
Cornwall | £453,159 | -1.1% | £300,170 | -0.6% |
Dorset | £528,863 | -1.3% | £348,080 | -0.8% |
Recent property transactions in the area
Listed below are some recent property purchases in the area, to give you an idea of the market. Click on a postcode if you would like to see data on that specific area of Burston, or click here to browse the longer list of Burston property transactions from 2023.
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Burston has one school nearby: Bow Community Primary School (Maintained school) which is a primary school based in Station Road, Crediton. Example schools in the area are listed below, with some information on their rating and access criteria.
School | Type | Latest Rating | Parent View Reviews (if available) | Ofsted Report (if available) | Address |
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Bow Community Primary School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | 2: Good (10/10/2013) | Ofsted Report Link | Crediton |
School | Type |
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Bow Community Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (10/10/2013) |
Station | Distance from Burston | Commute options |
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Morchard Road A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +18% from the previous year. | 4 miles |
- Bristol Temple Meads (1 change(s) - 110 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Reading (1 change(s) - 155 mins - Great Western Railway) View details |
Copplestone A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +8% from the previous year. | 5 miles |
- Bristol Temple Meads (1 change(s) - 106 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Reading (1 change(s) - 151 mins - Great Western Railway) View details |
Eggesford A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +8% from the previous year. | 8 miles |
- Bristol Temple Meads (1 change(s) - 122 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Reading (1 change(s) - 167 mins - Great Western Railway) View details |
The table below lists ethnicities living in the local authority (Mid Devon) as per the data published in December 2022. Source: ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk
Ethnicity | % of Mid Devon residents | Benchmark:% of England & Wales residents |
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White | 97.8% | 81.7% |
Mixed | 1.1% | 2.9% |
Asian | 0.7% | 9.3% |
Other | 0.3% | 2.1% |
Black | 0.1% | 4.0% |
The table below lists the types of occupations that residents have, at the Central Devon consituency level. Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
Type of occupation | % of residents (over 16 years old) | Rank within England & Wales |
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Intermediate occupations | 10.8% | |
Small employers and own account workers | 17.7% | |
Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 13.6% | 219 out of 573 |
Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 21.6% | |
Lower supervisory and technical occupations | 5.4% | |
Semi-routine occupations | 11.0% | |
Routine occupations | 10.5% | |
Never worked / long-term unemployed | 5.0% | 540 out of 573 |
Full-time students | 4.4% |
Relative to the UK average, the average broadband download speed in Devon is average (48mbps). Burston is slower than this, with average download speeds of 38.1mbps. You can also view really detailed broadband information at the Central Devon level, via data.parliament.uk, here.
Average speed | 38.1 mbps |
% households with superfast broadband access | 77.7% |
% households unable to access decent broadband | 2.4% |
Crime stats were found at the Devon and Cornwall level:
Type | Devon and Cornwall | UK |
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Total Crimes (per thousand people) | 59 | 93 |
Burglaries (per thousand people) | 2 | 5 |
Public Order Offences (per thousand people) | 5 | 10 |
Bicycle Thefts (per thousand people) | 0 | 1 |
Violence Against People (per thousand people) | 26 | 36 |
We use an API provided by Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to identify any live flood warnings to be aware of and we also provide insight into whether flooding could occur from rivers, sea and groundwater within 1km of Burston.
There are no live flood warnings in the area, according to our interpretation of the DEFRA API.
The areas in the table below have been identified by the DEFRA API as areas where it is possible for flooding to occur from rivers, sea and in some locations, groundwater. Some of these areas will have measures in place to minimise the risk of flooding and they may be monitored by the Flood Warning Service.
Area | Cause | Description |
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Devon and Cornwall | River Taw, River Okement | the Upper River Taw from Sticklepath to Newnham Bridge and the River Okement and its tributaries |
Devon and Cornwall | River Creedy, River Yeo, Lapford Yeo, Little Dart | the Rivers Creedy, Creedy Yeo, Little Dart, Lapford Yeo and their tributaries |
Name | Property market | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby | Socio Economic |
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Burston, Devon Affordability: Average Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £307,739 Detached: £479,849 | 59 | Primary: 1Secondary: | 13.6% residents in higher managerial positions 5.0% residents long-term unemployed |
Totnes, Devon Affordability: Expensive Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £414,880 Detached: £635,441 | 59 | Primary: 5Secondary: 3 | 12.3% residents in higher managerial positions 6.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Topsham, Devon Affordability: Average Low Burglary Rate Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £361,062 Detached: £581,799 | 77 | Primary: 9Secondary: 4 | 14.8% residents in higher managerial positions 4.8% residents long-term unemployed |
Budleigh Salterton, Devon Affordability: Expensive Happiness Very High for UK Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £365,545 Detached: £559,397 | 59 | Primary: 2Secondary: | 14.8% residents in higher managerial positions 4.8% residents long-term unemployed |
Ottery St Mary, Devon Affordability: Expensive Happiness Very High for UK Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £365,545 Detached: £559,397 | 59 | Primary: 1Secondary: 1 | N/A |
Ashburton, Devon Affordability: Expensive Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £327,659 Detached: £494,723 | 59 | Primary: 1Secondary: 3 | 13.6% residents in higher managerial positions 5.0% residents long-term unemployed |
Teignmouth, Devon Affordability: Expensive Outstanding schools Slowing property market Local Waitrose Near the coast | Semi-detached: £327,659 Detached: £494,723 | 59 | Primary: 7Secondary: 3 | 11.5% residents in higher managerial positions 6.0% residents long-term unemployed |
Lustleigh, Devon Affordability: Expensive Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £327,659 Detached: £494,723 | 59 | Primary: Secondary: | 13.6% residents in higher managerial positions 5.0% residents long-term unemployed |
South Molton, Devon Affordability: Expensive Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £347,992 Detached: £482,494 | 59 | Primary: Secondary: | 9.7% residents in higher managerial positions 6.2% residents long-term unemployed |
Thorverton, Devon Affordability: Average Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £307,739 Detached: £479,849 | 59 | Primary: 1Secondary: | 13.6% residents in higher managerial positions 5.0% residents long-term unemployed |
Tiverton, Devon Affordability: Average Slowing property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £307,739 Detached: £479,849 | 59 | Primary: 2Secondary: 1 | 11.5% residents in higher managerial positions 5.6% residents long-term unemployed |
Tavistock, Devon Affordability: Average Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £297,389 Detached: £446,787 | 59 | Primary: 3Secondary: 1 | 10.7% residents in higher managerial positions 6.3% residents long-term unemployed |
Appledore, Devon Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £290,392 Detached: £442,446 | 59 | Primary: 3Secondary: | 10.7% residents in higher managerial positions 6.3% residents long-term unemployed |
Name | Property | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby |
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Burston, Devon Affordability: Average Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £307,739 Detached: £479,849 | 59 | Primary: 1Secondary: |
Totnes, Devon Affordability: Expensive Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £414,880 Detached: £635,441 | 59 | Primary: 5Secondary: 3 |
Topsham, Devon Affordability: Average Low Burglary Rate Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £361,062 Detached: £581,799 | 77 | Primary: 9Secondary: 4 |
Budleigh Salterton, Devon Affordability: Expensive Happiness Very High for UK Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £365,545 Detached: £559,397 | 59 | Primary: 2Secondary: |
Ottery St Mary, Devon Affordability: Expensive Happiness Very High for UK Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £365,545 Detached: £559,397 | 59 | Primary: 1Secondary: 1 |
Ashburton, Devon Affordability: Expensive Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £327,659 Detached: £494,723 | 59 | Primary: 1Secondary: 3 |
Teignmouth, Devon Affordability: Expensive Outstanding schools Slowing property market Local Waitrose Near the coast | Semi-detached: £327,659 Detached: £494,723 | 59 | Primary: 7Secondary: 3 |
Lustleigh, Devon Affordability: Expensive Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £327,659 Detached: £494,723 | 59 | Primary: Secondary: |
South Molton, Devon Affordability: Expensive Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £347,992 Detached: £482,494 | 59 | Primary: Secondary: |
Thorverton, Devon Affordability: Average Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £307,739 Detached: £479,849 | 59 | Primary: 1Secondary: |
Tiverton, Devon Affordability: Average Slowing property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £307,739 Detached: £479,849 | 59 | Primary: 2Secondary: 1 |
Tavistock, Devon Affordability: Average Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £297,389 Detached: £446,787 | 59 | Primary: 3Secondary: 1 |
Appledore, Devon Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £290,392 Detached: £442,446 | 59 | Primary: 3Secondary: |
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