Detached houses on generous plots, gravel drives, cars that skew new — Knighton reads as a settled, well-off pocket rather than anywhere with a high street pulse of its own. With a median age of 54.7 against a national figure closer to 40, this isn't a place thick with young families or first-time buyers; it's where people land once they're established, and stay. The numbers back up that impression of comfort. Sitting in the ninth decile for deprivation and the eighth for income, Knighton is among the less deprived corners of the country, and the property market shows it: an established median price of £535,000, built almost entirely on detached freehold houses, is 52.9% above the South Hams average itself — already a well-off district. A For Sale board here is announcing a family-sized freehold home, not a starter flat or a new-build estate; none of the recent sales were new builds at all. Schooling is thinner on the ground than the housing stock suggests — Wembury Primary School is the one sampled institution, an academy converter, though without an Ofsted rating on file it's hard to read its standing. Connectivity is the area's soft spot: broadband coverage is respectable at 56% full fibre, but the connectivity grade lags behind the area's other strong marks, and with only two transport stops recorded, this reads as a driving suburb rather than a commuter one. Green space is modest rather than sprawling — two plots totalling just over three hectares — so this isn't an area built around parkland rambles; it's a quieter, garden-and-driveway kind of green. Safety is where Knighton genuinely stands out: a top safety grade, and while violence and sexual offences account for the majority of the 19 recorded incidents over the year, the overall volume is low for the population, and burglary and criminal damage barely register. Health and environment grades sit comfortably in the upper band too, painting a consistent picture of a place that feels cared for and low-friction day to day, even if nightlife and big-night-out options aren't really what it's for. Knighton suits people who've already done the commuting-and-schools phase of life and want space, quiet, and a low crime rate more than they want a buzzing centre or a train station on the doorstep. If you need strong rail links or a lively evening scene, this isn't it; if you want a settled, detached-house community with room to breathe, it holds up well.