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St Margarets Avenue, Torquay

MyStreetCheck free street report: St Margarets Avenue, Torquay · 31 October 2026 · www.mystreetcheck.co.uk/torquay-torbay/st-margarets-avenue/

House prices, sold prices and local information for TQ1 4LW, TQ1 4LL, TQ1 4LN.

Average price (last 12 months)
£272,500
3 sales
Average price (since 2016)
£196,092
26 sales
Price range
£100k – £350k
lowest to highest sale
Last sale
19 Dec 2025
TQ1 4LL

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At a glance

House prices£273k average4% above the Torquay average CrimeHigher than averageHigher crime than about 70% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationMore deprived than mostDecile 2 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Nearest station19 min walkTorre station Schools3 rated Good or betterWithin 1.5 miles Ultrafast broadband87% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leasehold81% freeholdAcross 27 Land Registry sales Conservation areaChecking…Planning designations Green beltChecking…Planning designations Listed buildingsChecking…Within about 200 m Planning applicationsChecking…Within 500 m, last 90 days

26 property sales on St Margarets Avenue, Torquay have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2016. In the last 12 months 3 homes sold here for an average of £272,500. Most sales here are terraced homes, which have sold for an average of £204,597. Average sale prices rose from £181,225 in 2016 to £244,375 in 2025 (+35%), though averages on a single street can swing with the mix of homes sold. That is 4% above the Torquay average of £261,025 over the same period. 5 homes here have sold more than once since 2016; 4 of them sold for more the second time. By property type, sales here have been 58% terraced, 23% flat, 15% semi-detached. Recorded sale prices on St Margarets Avenue range from £100,000 to £350,000. 81% of homes sold here were freehold and 19% leasehold. Of 187 streets in Torquay with at least two sales in the last year, St Margarets Avenue ranks 55th for average price.

House prices on St Margarets Avenue compared

St Margarets Avenue£272,500
TQ1 postcode area£255,281
Torquay£261,025
England & Wales£358,701

Average sale price over the last 12 months. See all TQ1 house prices.

Average sale price by year

2016: £181,225 (2 sales)2016£181k2018: £189,983 (3 sales)2018£190k2019: £137,500 (2 sales)2019£138k2020: £158,600 (5 sales)2020£159k2021: £113,500 (1 sales)2021£114k2022: £208,000 (4 sales)2022£208k2023: £280,000 (2 sales)2023£280k2024: £205,000 (3 sales)2024£205k2025: £244,375 (4 sales)2025£244k

Tenure: 81% freehold and 19% leasehold across 27 recorded sales.

Prices by property type

TypeSalesAverage priceLast sold
Terraced15£204,59719 Dec 2025
Flat6£149,91721 Dec 2022
Semi-detached4£238,73831 Oct 2024
Detached1£175,00017 Jan 2024

Sold prices on St Margarets Avenue

AddressDatePriceTypeTenure
48, St Margarets Avenue TQ1 4LL 19 Dec 2025£237,500 TerracedFreehold
25, St Margarets Avenue TQ1 4LN 10 Dec 2025£230,000 TerracedFreehold
42, St Margarets Avenue TQ1 4LL 26 Nov 2025£350,000 TerracedFreehold
48, St Margarets Avenue TQ1 4LL 31 Jan 2025£160,000 TerracedFreehold
9, St Margarets Avenue TQ1 4LW 31 Oct 2024£255,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
44, St Margarets Avenue TQ1 4LL 5 Jul 2024£185,000 TerracedFreehold
55A, St Margarets Avenue TQ1 4LL 17 Jan 2024£175,000 DetachedFreehold
7, St Margarets Avenue TQ1 4LW 7 Aug 2023£285,000 TerracedFreehold
24, St Margarets Avenue TQ1 4LW 2 Jun 2023£275,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
13, St Margarets Avenue TQ1 4LW 21 Dec 2022£175,000 FlatLeasehold
55, St Margarets Avenue TQ1 4LL 2 Dec 2022£270,000 FlatFreehold
15, St Margarets Avenue TQ1 4LW 28 Nov 2022£157,000 TerracedFreehold
49, St Margarets Avenue TQ1 4LL 24 Jun 2022£230,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
Flat 2, 26, St Margarets Avenue TQ1 4LN 29 Jan 2021£113,500 FlatLeasehold
53, St Margarets Avenue TQ1 4LL 5 May 2020£210,000 TerracedFreehold
3, St Margarets Avenue TQ1 4LW 28 Feb 2020£182,000 TerracedFreehold
Flat 1, 26, St Margarets Avenue TQ1 4LN 25 Feb 2020£121,000 FlatLeasehold
19, St Margarets Avenue TQ1 4LW 14 Feb 2020£160,000 TerracedFreehold
Flat 4, 26, St Margarets Avenue TQ1 4LN 31 Jan 2020£120,000 FlatLeasehold
25, St Margarets Avenue TQ1 4LN 20 Sep 2019£175,000 TerracedFreehold
First Floor Flat, 15, St Margarets Avenue TQ1 4LW 20 May 2019£100,000 FlatLeasehold
45, St Margarets Avenue TQ1 4LL 19 Oct 2018£205,000 TerracedFreehold
24, St Margarets Avenue TQ1 4LW 3 Oct 2018£194,950 Semi-detachedFreehold
11, St Margarets Avenue TQ1 4LW 6 Apr 2018£170,000 TerracedFreehold
22, St Margarets Avenue TQ1 4LW 9 Mar 2018£170,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
11, St Margarets Avenue TQ1 4LW 22 Jul 2016£179,950 TerracedFreehold
45, St Margarets Avenue TQ1 4LL 23 Mar 2016£182,500 TerracedFreehold

Sale prices are as recorded by HM Land Registry. Some sales (for example repossessions and company purchases) are listed but left out of the averages.

Sale history: homes sold more than once

AddressSalesChange
48, St Margarets Avenue £160,000 (Jan 2025) → £237,500 (Dec 2025) +48%
over under a year
25, St Margarets Avenue £175,000 (Sep 2019) → £230,000 (Dec 2025) +31%
over 6 yrs
24, St Margarets Avenue £194,950 (Oct 2018) → £275,000 (Jun 2023) +41%
over 5 yrs
45, St Margarets Avenue £182,500 (Mar 2016) → £205,000 (Oct 2018) +12%
over 3 yrs
11, St Margarets Avenue £179,950 (Jul 2016) → £170,000 (Apr 2018) -6%
over 2 yrs

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Schools near St Margarets Avenue

SchoolTypeAgesOfstedDistance
Homelands Primary School 208 pupils Primary 3–11 Good Report 0.1 mi
St Margaret's Academy 382 pupils Primary 4–11 Report 0.2 mi
Priory Roman Catholic Primary School, Torquay 107 pupils Primary Roman Catholic 4–11 Good Report 0.3 mi
Abbey School 128 pupils Other independent school 2–11 Report 0.3 mi
The Spires College 1,154 pupils Secondary 11–18 Report 0.3 mi
St Cuthbert Mayne School 1,001 pupils Secondary Roman Catholic/Church of England 11–18 Report 0.4 mi
Upton St James CofE Primary School 94 pupils Primary Church of England 4–11 Report 0.5 mi
St Marychurch Church of England Primary and Nursery School 241 pupils Primary Church of England 3–11 Good Report 0.5 mi

Source: Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) and Ofsted. Grades are from each school's last graded inspection; newer inspections use report cards without a single overall grade, so check the full report. Distances are straight-line. Check catchment areas with the local council.

Getting around, shops and health

Train stations

  • Torre station 0.9 mi · 19 min walk
  • Torquay station 1.4 mi · 29 min walk
  • Paignton station 3.5 mi · 1 hr 10 min walk

Nearest bus stops

  • Homelands Primary School (opp, Westhill Road) 1 min walk
  • Haytor Road (NE-bound, St Marychurch Road) 2 min walk
  • St Marychurch Road (NE-bound, St Marychurch Road) 2 min walk
  • St Pauls Road (o/s, St Marychurch Road) 2 min walk

GP surgeries

  • Southover Medical Practice
    Bronshill Road, Torquay · 0.3 mi
  • Chilcote Practice
    Chilcote Surgery, Dewerstone Practice, Torquay · 0.4 mi
  • Brunel Medical Practice
    St. Albans Road, Babbacombe, Torquay · 0.5 mi
  • Croft Hall Medical Practice
    19 Croft Road, Torquay · 1.0 mi

Supermarkets

  • Morrisons Daily Morrisons Daily Torquay Plainmoor · 0.1 mi
  • Lidl Lidl Torquay St Marychurch Road · 0.1 mi
  • Sainsburys Local Sainsburys Torquay St Marychurch Road Local · 0.3 mi
  • The Co-operative Food Co-op St Marychurch · 0.3 mi

Pharmacies

  • Well · 0.1 mi
  • Boots · 0.3 mi
  • Day Lewis Pharmacy · 0.3 mi

Dentists

  • Unit 2-3 St. Marychurch Court · 0.2 mi
  • My Dentist · 0.8 mi
  • South Devon Community Dental · 0.9 mi

Sources: Department for Transport (NaPTAN), NHS England organisation data, and GEOLYTIX Retail Points (open data). Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance.

Area profile

Deprivation

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This neighbourhood is in decile 2 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of areas in England and 10 the least deprived.

Income3 of 10
Employment2 of 10
Education and skills2 of 10
Health and disability2 of 10
Crime3 of 10
Access to housing and services8 of 10
Living environment4 of 10

Each domain ranked in deciles across England (10 = least deprived).

Homes

HereEng & Wales
Owned52.8%62.5%
Private rented27.5%20.3%
Social rented19.7%17.1%
Households527

People

HereEng & Wales
Under 1523.7%17.4%
Aged 15–6462.5%64.1%
Aged 65+13.8%18.6%
Residents1,359

Broadband

HereUK
Superfast (30Mbit+)100%95%
Ultrafast (300Mbit+)87%80%
Gigabit-capable87%80%

Share of homes on this street's postcodes that can get each speed. UK figure is the average across all postcodes. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Mobile signal

HereEng & Wales
4G indoors, all 4 networks93%89%
4G indoors, at least 1 network100%100%
4G outdoors, all 4 networks100%99%
Calls indoors, all 4 networks97%92%

Share of homes across Torbay with good coverage (Jul 2025). Signal varies street by street; check your exact address on Ofcom's checker. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Neighbourhood figures cover the surrounding Lower Layer Super Output Area (about 1,500 residents). Sources: Census 2021 (ONS) and the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.

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Who lives around St Margarets Avenue

Ethnic group

HereTorbay
White94.6%96.1%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.9%1.5%
Other ethnic group1.5%0.4%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.4%1.6%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.5%0.3%

Religion

HereTorbay
No religion49.6%43.2%
Christian41.2%48.5%
Not answered7.1%6.3%
Muslim0.8%0.6%
Buddhist0.5%0.4%
Other religion0.5%0.7%
Jewish0.2%0.1%
Hindu0%0.2%

Country of birth

HereTorbay
Born in the UK92.9%92.9%
Born outside the UK7.1%7.1%

Highest qualification

HereTorbay
No qualifications21.2%19.8%
Level 3 qualifications18.6%17.3%
Level 4 qualifications and above18.3%25.3%
Level 2 qualifications17.1%15.5%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications14.5%11.7%
Apprenticeship6.8%7.4%
Other qualifications3.5%3%

General health

HereTorbay
Very good health48.2%42.2%
Good health30.9%34.2%
Fair health14.4%16.2%
Bad health5.4%5.7%
Very bad health1.1%1.7%

Cars or vans per household

HereTorbay
1 car or van in household40.4%43.3%
No cars or vans in household29.4%23.2%
2 cars or vans in household22.8%24.5%
3 or more cars or vans in household7.4%8.9%

Source: Census 2021 (ONS), via Nomis. Percentages of usual residents or households, as recorded in March 2021.

Figures cover the surrounding neighbourhood (Lower Layer Super Output Area, about 1,500 residents). Full demographics of Torbay.

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