Housing in EX20 9BL
What the homes in EX20 9BL are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Okehampton
- Council
- West Devon
- Region
- South West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,929 (2024)
EX20 9BLOkehampton
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (25.8%). Flats make up 37.1%, well above the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
55.7% of households in the EX20 9BL area own their home, broadly in line with the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 30.2% of households, well above the England figure of 20.5%. 38.6% own outright and 17.2% with a mortgage.
- Owned55.7%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.2%1%
- Private rented30.2%20.5%
- Social rented13.8%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.0 people living in it. 43.5% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is one person living alone aged 66 or over (22.9%). 17.9% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in West Devon
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in West Devon (August 2026, +3.3% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around EX20 9BL (Okehampton) (about 1,929 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.