Mapped: Plymouth and wider Devon’s richest and poorest areas

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The gap between Plymouth’s richest and poorest neighbourhoods has reached nearly £14,000 a year.

Households in the Peverell neighbourhood of the city had an average disposable income of £43,100 after tax in the financial year ending 2023. That makes the area Plymouth’s highest-earning neighbourhood, according to new data released by the Office for National Statistics.

By contrast, Victoria Park had the lowest average income in the county. Households in the neighbourhood had an average disposable income of over £29,400 a year.

That’s an income gap of £13,700 a year.

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Devon and Plymouth’s 20 richest neighbourhoods

1. Cranbrook, East Devon : £50,424

2. Pennsylvania & University, Exeter : £45,540

3. St Leonard’s, Exeter: £45,205

4. Broadclyst, West Clyst & Stoke Canon, East Devon: £43,672

5. Peverell, Plymouth : £43,142

6. Wembury, Brixton & Newton Ferrers, South Hams : £42,866

7. Clyst, Exton & Lympstone, East Devon: £42,204

8. Mannamead & Hartley, Plymouth: £41,841

9. Countess Wear & Topsham, Exeter: £41,803

10. Middlemoor & Sowton, Exeter: £41,634

11. Plympton Chaddlewood, Plymouth: £41,511

12. Ottery St Mary & West Hill, East Devon: £41,084

13. Yealmpton, Modbury & Aveton Gifford, South Hams: £40,947

14. Budleigh Salterton, East Devon: £40,892

15. Bradninch, Silverton & Thorverton, Mid Devon: £40,582

16. South Brent & Cornwood, South Hams: £40,558

17. Bere Alston, Buckland Monachorum & Yelverton, West Devon: £40,412

18. Bishopsteignton & Shaldon, Teignbridge : £40,371

19. Moretonhampstead, Lustleigh & East Dartmoor, Teignbridge: £40,288

20. Sidbury, Offwell & Beer, East Devon: £40,054

Nationwide, the gap between England and Wales’ richest and poorest neighbourhoods is growing even faster. On Merseyside those at the top have almost £87,000 more to spend a year than those at the bottom.

Households in the Leamouth neighbourhood of Tower Hamlets in London had an average disposable income of £107,600 after tax in the financial year ending 2023. That makes the area – which includes a number of upmarket riverside tower blocks between Canning Town and Canary Wharf – the highest-earning neighbourhood in England and Wales.

Devon and Plymouth’s 20 poorest neighbourhoods

1. Torquay Central, Torbay : £26,530

2. Barnstaple Central, North Devon : £29,163

3. Paignton Central, Torbay: £29,282

4. Victoria Park, Plymouth: £29,360

5. Devonport, Mount Wise & Morice Town, Plymouth: £30,809

6. Keyham, Plymouth: £31,010

7. Ilfracombe West, North Devon: £31,240

8. Cattedown & Prince Rock, Plymouth: £31,281

9. Ilfracombe East, North Devon: £31,616

10. Ernesettle, Plymouth: £31,742

11. Upton & Hele, Torbay: £31,884

12. Bideford North, Torridge: £31,962

13. St James’s Park & Hoopern, Exeter: £32,167

14. Watcombe, Torbay: £32,182

15. Deer Park & Leigham, Plymouth: £32,264

16. North Prospect, Plymouth: £32,268

17. Mincinglake & Beacon Heath, Exeter: £32,282

18. Mutley, Plymouth: £32,391

19. Tiverton West, Mid Devon: £32,431

20. Holsworthy, Bradworthy & Welcombe, Torridge: £32,501

Sparkhill North in Birmingham had the lowest average income in the country. Households in the area had an average disposable income of just under £20,800 a year.

That’s £86,800 a year less than in Leamouth.

When the data was last released for the financial year ending 2020, the gap between the richest and poorest neighbourhoods was just £50,300 a year, suggesting the income gap has grown by 73% in the space of just three years.

The six lowest earning areas in England and Wales are all located in Birmingham.

The North East, meanwhile, had no neighbourhoods in the top 10%. Both Wales and Yorkshire and the Humber had less than 1% of neighbourhoods in the top 10% nationally, while in the North West it was 1%, and in the West Midlands, East Midlands and South West it was 2%.

Almost a quarter (23%) of neighbourhoods in both the North West and West Midlands were in the bottom 10% nationally, and 21% in the North East.