ST JAMES ROAD, TQ1 4GD House Prices & Local Information

TQ1 4GD is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on St James Road, 0.7km from Combe Pafford in Torquay. Administratively it sits within St Marychurch ward and the Torbay constituency.

For renters and young professionals, TQ1 4GD offers a dynamic young family area with frequent movers and a mix of backgrounds. This is a settled, family-oriented neighbourhood (average age 51) — stable, lower-turnover, predominantly owner-occupied. 50% of homes are privately rented — a strong rental market with good supply for incoming tenants.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 41 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: With prices averaging £170k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area, up 10.0% year-on-year. 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 TQ1 4GD are sourced from Output Area E00077024 (shared with 19 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.