Housing in TQ5 8ER
What the homes in TQ5 8ER are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Brixham Town
- Council
- Torbay
- Region
- South West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,299 (2024)
TQ5 8ERBrixham
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (41.5%). Flats make up 41.4%, well above the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
51.7% of households in the TQ5 8ER area own their home, below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 42.3% of households, more than double the England figure of 20.5%. 36% own outright and 15.7% with a mortgage.
- Owned51.7%61.3%
- Shared ownership1%1%
- Private rented42.3%20.5%
- Social rented5%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 1.9 people living in it. 42.9% 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 under 66 (24.3%). 16.9% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Torbay
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Torbay (August 2026, +4% 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 TQ5 8ER (Brixham Town) (about 1,299 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.