Torridge: local statistics
Torridge is a district council area in the South West, home to an estimated 70,378 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 9 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Torridge, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
HM Land Registry puts the average price of a home in Torridge at £263,378 for July 2026, a rise of 1.7% in twelve months. That is the 23rd highest of 26 in the South West (regional average £302,298). The July peak was £288,839 in 2023, and prices are 32% above July 2016. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Torridge (£34,425) gives a ratio of 7.7. That ratio is 19th of 26 in the South West, counting from the highest ratio.
An estimated 71.2% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Torridge were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey (give or take 10.8 points); the figure for the South West was 79.0%. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 71.2% to 91.2%.
In March 2026, 4,075 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses were based in Torridge, 2% more than in 2016. There are 58 per 1,000 residents, the 6th highest of 27 in the South West.
The median full-time employee living in Torridge was paid £683.90 a week before tax in April 2025, or £34,425 over a year. That is 6.8% below the figure for the South West and 20th of 26 in the South West, counting from the highest. Jobs based in Torridge paid a median £675.20 a week, £8.70 less than the figure for people who live there. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £453.90: a change of +51% before inflation.
Average Band D council tax in Torridge is £2,601.42 for 2026-27, 4.9% more than in 2025-26. It is 8th of 27 in the South West, counting from the highest. Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,659.77.
The ONS estimates that 70,378 people lived in Torridge in mid-2025, up 1.0% on a year earlier. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +6.9%; the South West grew by 8.0% over the same years. That is the 19th fastest growth of the 27 council areas in the South West. No earlier year in the series was higher.
In August 2026, 1,035 people in Torridge were on the claimant count, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 (the South West: 2.7%). That compares with 2.6% a year before. Over the last five years it peaked at 3.5% in August 2021 and was lowest at 2.1% in September 2022.
A girl born in Torridge in 2022 to 2024 could expect to live 83.8 years and a boy 80.3 years, on the ONS's period measure, compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by +0.6 years for women and +0.5 for men. It is the 17th highest for women of 26 in the South West.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 65,808 |
| 2016 | 66,512 |
| 2017 | 67,529 |
| 2018 | 67,787 |
| 2019 | 67,837 |
| 2020 | 67,631 |
| 2021 | 68,444 |
| 2022 | 68,637 |
| 2023 | 69,238 |
| 2024 | 69,714 |
| 2025 | 70,378 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £199,528 |
| July 2017 | £211,064 |
| July 2018 | £216,368 |
| July 2019 | £219,430 |
| July 2020 | £218,135 |
| July 2021 | £246,375 |
| July 2022 | £285,273 |
| July 2023 | £288,839 |
| July 2024 | £266,793 |
| July 2025 | £258,975 |
| July 2026 | £263,378 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £453.90 a week |
| 2016 | £439.50 a week |
| 2017 | £474.00 a week |
| 2018 | £490.90 a week |
| 2019 | £488.90 a week |
| 2020 | £510.70 a week |
| 2021 | £524.60 a week |
| 2022 | £597.50 a week |
| 2023 | £625.60 a week |
| 2024 | £622.70 a week |
| 2025 | £683.90 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,659.77 |
| 2017-18 | £1,733.61 |
| 2018-19 | £1,821.23 |
| 2019-20 | £1,909.56 |
| 2020-21 | £1,984.24 |
| 2021-22 | £2,079.36 |
| 2022-23 | £2,144.91 |
| 2023-24 | £2,255.27 |
| 2024-25 | £2,362.95 |
| 2025-26 | £2,479.12 |
| 2026-27 | £2,601.42 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 71.3% |
| 2016/17 | 71.8% |
| 2017/18 | 74.6% |
| 2018/19 | 74.3% |
| 2019/20 | 91.2% |
| 2020/21 | 81.8% |
| 2021/22 | 76.9% |
| 2022/23 | 87.4% |
| 2023/24 | 73.5% |
| 2024/25 | 86.7% |
| 2025/26 | 71.2% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 83.2 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 83.5 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 83.4 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 82.7 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 82.7 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 82.9 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 83.2 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 83.8 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 84.1 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 84.1 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 83.8 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 3,990 |
| 2017 | 4,050 |
| 2018 | 4,030 |
| 2019 | 4,000 |
| 2020 | 4,020 |
| 2021 | 4,135 |
| 2022 | 4,100 |
| 2023 | 4,100 |
| 2024 | 4,075 |
| 2025 | 4,075 |
| 2026 | 4,075 |
Questions about Torridge
What is the average house price in Torridge?
£263,378 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (+1.7% on a year).
What is the average salary in Torridge?
£683.90 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
How much is Band D council tax in Torridge?
£2,601.42 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
What is the population of Torridge?
70,378 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Torridge?
The ONS claimant count was 1,035 in August 2026, 2.7% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is life expectancy in Torridge?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 80.3 years for men and 83.8 for women.
Who has power over Torridge
Every body that makes decisions for Torridge, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Torridge council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Torridge in official figures this page
Level 4: County councils, combined authorities and metro mayors
- Devon County Council county council
- Devon and Torbay Combined Authority combined authority
- Devon and Cornwall Police police force
- NHS Devon Integrated Care Board NHS
- South West in official figures
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Torridge and Tavistock: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Conservative) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the South West
- UK figures: UK average house price · UK employment rate · UK average weekly earnings growth
- Other council areas in the South West: Cotswold · Forest of Dean · Mid Devon · North Devon · South Hams · West Devon
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