Malborough
Village · 661 residents
70Very good
Very good · better than 8 in 10 villages
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 36 per 1,000 people a year against 100
- Transport scores 71, well above the typical 60
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- Radon: part of the area is in an affected zone, and a home test is cheap
- Infrastructure scores 35, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Map outline: Official built-up area
Is Malborough a good place to live?
Malborough scores 70/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as very good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for safety (89) and transport (71).
It scores lowest on infrastructure (35).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Malborough in South West, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Malborough
Stone cottages, a scattering of terraces, and the odd detached house tucked behind hedgerows — Malborough looks like the kind of village people move to rather than grow up in. The median age here sits well above the national average, and it shows in the pace: quiet lanes, a handful of shops, and none of the churn you'd get in a commuter town. It's the sort of place where you recognise cars before you recognise faces.
There's no rail station in the village itself, so this isn't one for anyone tethered to a daily train commute — you'd be driving, whatever your business. Schooling is modest but present: Malborough with South Huish Church of England Primary takes the village's youngest, and Salcombe Church of England Primary sits close enough to be a real alternative for families weighing up options. Housing leans heavily towards freehold terraces and detached homes, with barely any leasehold or new-build in the mix — a median sale price of £410,000 is noticeably higher than the South Hams average, itself pricier than the national picture, so this is a village you buy into rather than a bargain corner of Devon.
Green space is generous relative to the size of the place — seven separate patches amounting to nearly five hectares for a population of under forty — so garden-less living isn't really the story here; everyone seems to have a patch of grass or a view within reach. Broadband is more mixed: just over half the properties have full fibre, which matters if you work from home and want it to be pain-free rather than aspirational. Crime is a curious footnote rather than a chapter — the overall count is low enough that a single year's figures barely register, though violence and sexual offences make up the largest single share of what is recorded, which is the one grade that doesn't quite match the otherwise reassuring pattern of high marks for safety and environment. Health provision and general wellbeing indicators sit comfortably above the national norm, in keeping with an area that scores strongly across the board.