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Shiphay

Ward

North Torbay. About 8,059 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.0 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Shiphay live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
8,005
3,409th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
97.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.9%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Shiphay compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

ShiphayMiddle
Population16 wards, Torbay · 2021
Population: every ward in Torbay16 areas from 3,272 to 12,969. The middle area is 8,205. Shiphay is 8,005.
8,0057th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares16 wards, Torbay · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Torbay16 areas from 100.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Shiphay is 100.0%.
100%
Gigabit broadband coverage16 wards, Torbay · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Torbay16 areas from 74.0% to 97.3%. The middle area is 89.2%. Shiphay is 97.3%.
97.3%highest
Claimant rate16 wards, Torbay · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Torbay16 areas from 1.9% to 6.0%. The middle area is 2.9%. Shiphay is 1.9%.
1.9%lowest

Is Shiphay safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Shiphay at a rate of 72.2 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 109.4 per 1,000 people across Torbay.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 39 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Shiphay.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (268), other crime (93) and anti-social behaviour (47).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Torbay

These figures are published for the whole of Torbay, not for each ward, so they describe all of Torbay and not Shiphay alone. See Torbay

Average house price
£221,469
Down 3.1% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£33,493
25th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.6×
Joint 136th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
26.9
Joint 60th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Shiphay in brief

Shiphay had 8,005 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Shiphay live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Shiphay, 97.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Shiphay, 1.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.