Rural Devon

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Rural Devon

• Some facts and figures....

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Population density
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Population by age - 2001
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Population change 1982-2002
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However ......

• The changes disguise a pattern of migration
  within one age group

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Projected Change in Population by Age in rural
Devon, 2001-2016
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Gross Weekly Pay for Full Time Workers 2005
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Net Farm Income (NFI) by Predominant Farm Types
2005/6

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House Prices in Relation to Income Ratio in Devon
2005
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Second home ownership
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Transport and Access in Devon
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Deprivation in Devon comparison between wards
(using the Index of Deprivation 2004)
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The LTP Priority Action Areas for Accessibility
Planning
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Access by Public Transport to GP Surgeries in
Rural Torridge
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Issues facing Rural Devon

• High house prices
• Small percentage of households within walking
• distance of key services
• High reliance on the private car
• Poor Public Transport to key services and market
• towns from remote areas
• High numbers of people who travel more than
• 20km to work
• Low average earnings (in particular females)
• High levels of part-time employment
• Low usage of ICT for business trading
• Below average population with qualification Level
• 4 or above
• IMD statistics show high levels of deprivation
• Predominance of dairy and cattle farming reducing
• flexibility to further change

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And.......

• Ageing population need for increased targeting
  of resources
• Increasing population reducing rural nature of
  the County
• Continued out-migration of young people
• Economic in-migration from EU
• High house price earnings ratio
• High demand for second homes in some parts of
  Devon
• High levels of hidden unemployment
• Reduction in agricultural sector