Devon's Income Divide: Uncovering the Gap Between Richest and Poorest Areas

Check on our map whether your neighbourhood is a high or low earner Cranbrook is Devon’s highest-earning neighbourhood with an average disposable income of £50,400, says new data. Meanwhile, Torquay Central had the lowest average income in the county in the financial year ending 2023. The gap between Devon’s richest and poorest neighbourhoods has reached nearly £24,000 a year, according to new data released by the Office for National Statistics. Torquay Central's average income is almost half that of Cranbrook, and works out as an income gap of £23,900 a year. You can search for the average disposable income in your local area by using our interactive map: Devon and Plymouth’s 20 richest neighbourhoods 1. Cranbrook, East Devon : £50,424 2. Pennsylvania & University, Exeter : £45,540 3. St Leonard's, Exeter: £45,205 4. Broadclyst, West Clyst & Stoke Canon, East Devon: £43,672 5. Peverell, Plymouth : £43,142 6. Wembury, Brixton & Newton Ferrers, South Hams : £42,866 7. Clyst, Exton & Lympstone, East Devon: £42,204 8. Mannamead & Hartley, Plymouth: £41,841 9. Countess Wear & Topsham, Exeter: £41,803 10. Middlemoor & Sowton, Exeter: £41,634 11. Plympton Chaddlewood, Plymouth: £41,511 12. Ottery St Mary & West Hill, East Devon: £41,084 13. Yealmpton, Modbury & Aveton Gifford, South Hams: £40,947 14. Budleigh Salterton, East Devon: £40,892 15. Bradninch, Silverton & Thorverton, Mid Devon: £40,582 16. South Brent & Cornwood, South Hams: £40,558 17. Bere Alston, Buckland Monachorum & Yelverton, West Devon: £40,412 18. Bishopsteignton & Shaldon, Teignbridge : £40,371 19. Moretonhampstead, Lustleigh & East Dartmoor, Teignbridge: £40,288 20. Sidbury, Offwell & Beer, East Devon: £40,054 Nationwide, the gap between England and Wales’ richest and poorest neighbourhoods is growing even faster. On Merseyside those at the top have almost £87,000 more to spend a year than those at the bottom. Households in the Leamouth neighbourhood of Tower Hamlets in London had an average disposable income of £107,600 after tax in the financial year ending 2023. That makes the area - which includes a number of upmarket riverside tower blocks between Canning Town and Canary Wharf - the highest-earning neighbourhood in England and Wales. Devon and Plymouth’s 20 poorest neighbourhoods 1. Torquay Central, Torbay : £26,530 2. Barnstaple Central, North Devon : £29,163 3. Paignton Central, Torbay: £29,282 4. Victoria Park, Plymouth: £29,360 5. Devonport, Mount Wise & Morice Town, Plymouth: £30,809 6. Keyham, Plymouth: £31,010 7. Ilfracombe West, North Devon: £31,240 8. Cattedown & Prince Rock, Plymouth: £31,281 9. Ilfracombe East, North Devon: £31,616 10. Ernesettle, Plymouth: £31,742 11. Upton & Hele, Torbay: £31,884 12. Bideford North, Torridge: £31,962 13. St James's Park & Hoopern, Exeter: £32,167 14. Watcombe, Torbay: £32,182 15. Deer Park & Leigham, Plymouth: £32,264 16. North Prospect, Plymouth: £32,268 17. Mincinglake & Beacon Heath, Exeter: £32,282 18. Mutley, Plymouth: £32,391 19. Tiverton West, Mid Devon: £32,431 20. Holsworthy, Bradworthy & Welcombe, Torridge: £32,501 Sparkhill North in Birmingham had the lowest average income in the country. Households in the area had an average disposable income of just under £20,800 a year. That’s £86,800 a year less than in Leamouth. When the data was last released for the financial year ending 2020, the gap between the richest and poorest neighbourhoods was just £50,300 a year, suggesting the income gap has grown by 73% in the space of just three years. The six lowest earning areas in England and Wales are all located in Birmingham. The North East, meanwhile, had no neighbourhoods in the top 10%. Both Wales and Yorkshire and the Humber had less than 1% of neighbourhoods in the top 10% nationally, while in the North West it was 1%, and in the West Midlands, East Midlands and South West it was 2%. Almost a quarter (23%) of neighbourhoods in both the North West and West Midlands were in the bottom 10% nationally, and 21% in the North East.