Ottery st Mary

Ottery St Mary parish covers an area of 15.45 square miles (40.01 sq km).

• Rural Ward: Sara Randall Johnson and Raymond Bloxham
• Town Ward: David Cox and Roger Giles

• Ottery St Mary parish in 2004 was 8556
• Ottery St Mary town area (including Ottery St Mary and surrounding parishes) in 2006 was 14,714

The population change 1991 to 2004 was 15.4% (East Devon was 14.4%).

The Ottery St Mary area population is predicted to decrease by 159 people between 2006 and 2021, which equates to a fall of 1.1%:

• Age 0-19 will decrease by 16.6%
• Age 20-44 will decrease by 8.6%
• Age 45-64 will decrease by 0.7%
• Age 65 and over will increase by 22.6%, with those 70-74 by 38.5%

• Black or minority ethnic: 0.9% (East Devon 0.7%, England 9.1%)
• Single-person households: 27.6% (East Devon 29.7%, England 30.1%)
• Households with annual income of less than £20,000: 36.3% (East Devon 42.1%)
• Unemployed: 0.7% (East Devon 3.7%, England 6.3%)
• Crime per 1000 population: 28.3 (East Devon 51.6, England and Wales 104.9)
• Vehicle crime: 2.8 (East Devon 4.5, England and Wales 13.9)
• Violent crime: 4.2 (East Devon 10.1, England and Wales 22.4)
• Dwelling burglaries: 1.1 (East Devon 2.2, England and Wales 6.1)
• Drug offences: 1.2 (East Devon 1.9, England and Wales 2.7)
• Housing
• Prices have risen in Ottery St Mary parish by 57.2% between 2001 and 2005 (East Devon 69.4%)
• Average house price £254,300 (East Devon £211,411, England & Wales £178,504)

• Income support rates: 2.9% (East Devon 3.7%, England and Wales 6.3%)
• Jobseekers allowance: 0.7% (East Devon 0.8%, England and Wales 2.1%)
• Disability living allowance: 2.5%
• Incapacity benefit &and Severe Disablement allowance: 3.5%
• Pension credit: 10.9%

Page last updated on 21 January 2008