Honicknowle & Manadon
Plymouth 007 · 5 sub-areas · 9,344 residents
Plymouth 007 is a residential area of Plymouth, home to around 9,300 people with a notably broad mix of ages and households. A typical two-bedroom flat lets for about £870 a month — well below the UK average for a two-bed — though rents have climbed around 5% in the past year. The standout trade-off here is affordability versus Ofsted provision: school quality within the area is a real consideration.
Honicknowle & Manadon is a mid-density neighbourhood of Plymouth in the South West region. It sits between busier and quieter parts of the local authority and isn't dominated by a single use — there's a mix of workplaces, housing and local services.
Overview
What's it like to live in Honicknowle & Manadon?
The area is unusually green for its density — 5 parks and 3 playgrounds sit within five minutes' walk of the centroid; Recorded crime is higher than the national norm — common for built-up urban areas, but worth weighing if you're looking for a quieter base; rents are roughly in line with the national norm, at around £985 a month for a typical home; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.
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Figures are aggregated across 5 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Honicknowle & Manadon in Plymouth
Living in Honicknowle & Manadon
Plymouth 007 sits comfortably in the more affordable end of Plymouth's rental market, with the kind of mixed, settled character you'd expect from an area where just over half of residents own their home. It doesn't feel transient — owner-occupiers outnumber private renters by more than three to one, and around a third of residents live in social housing, giving the neighbourhood a grounded, community feel rather than a revolving-door one.
The cost picture is one of the most compelling things about this part of Plymouth. A two-bedroom home runs roughly £870 a month — significantly below the UK median for a two-bed, and well within reach for couples on local salaries. The median resident income is around £29,000 a year, which makes renting here genuinely manageable, though the rent-to-take-home ratio still pushes past 50%, so it's not effortless either. Saving for a deposit is more realistic than in most of southern England: the typical home price sits at around £195,000, and residents can expect to save a deposit in roughly 3.4 years.
The age spread here is unusually even across the life stages — just over one in five residents is under 18, a similar share is aged 18 to 34, and older working-age and retirement-age groups each make up around a fifth too. That breadth shows up in the household mix: about a third of households are single-person, while families with children account for roughly one in five. It's the kind of area where you'll live alongside young families, older owner-occupiers, and lone-person households in roughly equal measure.
Practically, getting around by public transport is limited — around 63% of residents drive to work, with only 6% using public transport. The nearest mainline rail station is roughly 2.9 km away (about a 36-minute walk, or a short drive). Connectivity within Plymouth is fine; getting out of the city by rail takes more planning. See the streets and sub-areas below for more on specific pockets within the area.
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Frequently asked
- Is Plymouth 007 a nice place to live?
- It depends what you're after. If affordability and a settled, mixed community matter to you, Plymouth 007 delivers — owner-occupiers make up over half of residents, rents are well below the UK average, and it has a grounded, non-transient feel. The trade-offs are higher-than-average crime and notably limited school quality within catchment distance, so families with children should research individual schools carefully.
- What is the rent in Plymouth 007?
- A one-bedroom home runs around £690 a month, a two-bed around £870, and a three-bed around £1,040. These are estimates scaled from city-level data using local sale prices. Rents rose roughly 5% in the past year, but Plymouth 007 remains noticeably cheaper than the UK average for comparable property sizes.
- Is Plymouth 007 safe?
- The crime rate here is around 101 incidents per 1,000 residents a year — above the UK average of roughly 80 per 1,000. The area sits in the bottom 30% nationally on deprivation measures, which correlates with higher rates of acquisitive crime and antisocial behaviour. Crime isn't uniform across the area, so checking street-level data for your specific street is worthwhile.
- What's the commute from Plymouth 007 to Plymouth city centre?
- Most residents drive — around 63% commute by car. The nearest mainline rail station is about 2.9 km away, which is a roughly 36-minute walk or a short drive. Public transport accounts for only around 6% of commutes, so if you don't drive, factor that in. Around 17% of residents work from home, helped by 100% gigabit broadband coverage.
- Who lives in Plymouth 007?
- A wide mix of ages and household types. Just over half of residents own their home, about a third are in social housing, and private renters are a relatively small share at around 15%. The age spread is unusually even — each broad life stage from under-18s through to over-65s accounts for roughly a fifth of residents. Around 93% of residents were born in the UK.
- What schools are near Plymouth 007?
- There are 102 schools within 2 km of typical residents, so options are plentiful. However, only around 30% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted — well below the national average of roughly 89%. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is about 1.8 km away. Families should look up individual school ratings rather than relying on the area average.
- How affordable is buying a home in Plymouth 007?
- More achievable than most of southern England. The median home price is around £195,000, and residents can typically save a deposit in about 3.4 years — a relatively short timeline by UK urban standards. That said, renting still takes up over 50% of take-home pay at median salary, so it's affordable rather than cheap.