SAVAGE ROAD, PL5 1BS House Prices & Local Information

PL5 1BS is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Savage Road, 0.1km from Barne Bottom in Plymouth. Administratively it sits within St Budeaux ward and the Plymouth, Moor View constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, PL5 1BS is a family-oriented neighbourhood with a mix of housing types. Work and footfall patterns mark this as a non-metropolitan suburban areas zone — white, female workforce with low qualifications, working locally. The 31 average age reflects a thriving young professional community — a good mix of renters and first-time buyers, with strong employment rates. 67% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. Full-time employment stands at 24% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime is moderate at 68 incidents per 1,000 residents — broadly typical for this type of urban area. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for PL5 1BS are sourced from Output Area E00181099 (shared with 17 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.