Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 27 min5:02 am – 9:30 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 8 h 0 min8:12 am – 4:12 pm
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People5,590 residentsin the Ipplepen & Broadhempston census areaMedian age 54.42,406 households80% of homes owner-occupied51% owned outright6% social rented, 14% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting2.9% unemployment rate54% of adults are economically active, 2,508 in work, 35% retiredMain industries: health and social work 16%, retail and wholesale 15%, education 11%Getting to work: 32% work from home, 60% go by car, 6% walk or cycle69% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages37% of adults hold a degree or higher14% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 100%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month August: highs 21°C, lows 13°CColdest month February: highs 9°C, lows 3°C1,168 mm of rain a year, 38 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December24 days of air frost, 7 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksBlue Mountainmountain · 2.8 miAptor Poollake · 2.3 miWrigwell Hillhill · under a mileHolman Hillhill · 1.0 miOrley Commonwoodland · under a mileWrigwell Woodwoodland · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesDainton Golf Clubgolf course · under a mile · 49 haDecoy Country Parkpark · 2.3 mi · 54 haPreston Parkpark · 3.6 mi · 36 haPowderham Parkpark · 2.9 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes15 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19701 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 24 Aug 200549 mi away, English ChannelMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 8 Feb 202641 mi away, Chard, SomersetSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 3.1 · PM2.5 5.1 · PM10 9.2 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband70% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband89% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)1.0% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)2,477 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation62 m203 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 37 to 120 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalNewton Abbot Community Hospital3.7 miGP surgerySt. Andrews Medical Centre2 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyWell2.6 miDentistTime For Teeth Hmp Channings Wood1.6 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi3 schools3 primaryPrimaryIpplepen Primary Schoolages 4-11, 161 pupilsunder a milePrimaryDenbury Primary Schoolages 2-11, 111 pupils1.6 miSecondaryNewton Abbot Collegeages 11-18, 1,108 pupils3.3 miCollegeSouth Devon College5.6 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportExeter International Airport EXT20 miMajor airportCardiff International Airport CWL64 miRailway stationNewton Abbot3.3 miBus stationBus StationPaignton4.9 miFerryTotnes Ferry Landing4.6 miBus stops23 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the TQ12 postcode district.
