Housing in EX4 7HT
What the homes in EX4 7HT are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Heavitree West & Polsloe
- Council
- Exeter
- Region
- South West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,968 (2024)
EX4 7HTExeter
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (71.9%). Flats make up 20.8%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
39.2% of households in the EX4 7HT area own their home, well below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 56.6% of households, more than double the England figure of 20.5%. 15.9% own outright and 23.3% with a mortgage.
- Owned39.2%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.5%1%
- Private rented56.6%20.5%
- Social rented3.7%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 3.0 people living in it. 22.3% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is sharers or another multi-adult household (39.4%). 17.3% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Exeter
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Exeter (August 2026, +0.5% 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 EX4 7HT (Heavitree West & Polsloe) (about 1,968 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.