Strategic Housing Market Assessment - North Devon District Council

SHMA: Torridge and North Devon Update
Key findings:
• The two districts have similar occupation profiles, North Devon has a higher
proportion of Personal service occupations; slightly higher proportions of
Associate professionals and Administrative and secretarial occupations and
Torridge has slightly higher proportions of Skilled trades and Process, plant
and machine operatives.
• No data is provided on incomes but, as the groups are presented as a
hierarchy from higher to lower skills and qualifications, it can be assumed that
income from earnings follows a similar pattern. In that case, North Devon and
Torridge have lower proportions of higher skilled, qualified and salaried
groups 1. to 3. than regionally or nationally, and substantially more in groups
5. - 6. This implies that local people are likely to be at a disadvantage in terms
of their incomes in a high value housing market.
Household incomes from all sources
2.7 Household income is the most important factor in determining access to
housing. The following table profiles the proportion of households receiving
gross incomes across a range of income bands. It is important to emphasise
that this profile includes income from all sources, including social security
benefits, and is for all household types. This data has been applied in the
Housing Requirements Toolkit.
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