Living in Seaton

In Seaton, unemployment is 2.2% (2023).

Owner occupation accounted for 73.6% of homes in March 2021. Seaton (East Devon), a city in the United Kingdom, had a population of 7,435 in March 2021. In 2025, annual PM2.5 was 5.96 µg/m³. The city covered 2.4 km² in December 2022. Population density was 3,124.7 people per km² in 2021. Gigabit broadband availability was 58.3%.

Last checked 2026-09-2426 sources

Population7,435people21 Mar 2021Official source · Census 2021 usual resident population count for the exact Built Up Area (BUA), England excluding London or Wales.

Median gross salary (region)2,866EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.ons.gov.uk

Average rent1,131EUR/month31 Aug 2026District figureOfficial source · ONS Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1, Rental price

Unemployment rate2.2%country median 3.4% — 35% belowOfficial source · www.ons.gov.uk

Recorded crime4,563incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Police force area tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C4 or P3)

PM2.5, annual mean5.96µg/m³country median 6.5 — 8% belowOfficial source · official estimated total annual mean background concentration

Lower unemployment than 94% of United Kingdom cities that publish it, less recorded crime than 95% of United Kingdom cities that publish it and cleaner air than 76% of United Kingdom cities that publish it.

Which United Kingdom-wide rules apply when you move to Seaton?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in United KingdomNational rates and thresholds that apply in Seaton.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Seaton. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€24

Mobile plan, 10 GB€13

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	24.02 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	BT Full Fibre 150¹Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	12.87 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Three 100GB one-month data pack¹⁸Official · national market
Dwellings	3,745 count	21 Mar 2021	ONS Census 2021 BUA row and ONS/OS BUA 2022 geometry for Abbots Langley and Kings Langley⁶Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	1,131 EUR/month	31 Aug 2026	ONS Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1, Rental price¹⁴Official · county

Is Seaton a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker57%strong on work, weak on safety · range 46–68%

Skilled employee62%strong on legal route, weak on safety · range 52–72%

Student31%strong on education, weak on work · range 21–41%

Family50%strong on family, weak on cost · range 39–61%

Retirement40%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 27–53%

Work and income

The employment rate was 40.5% in March 2021.

What is the unemployment rate in Seaton?

The unemployment rate is 2.2 % (January 2023). Source: www.ons.gov.uk²⁵

Unemployment across cities in United KingdomUnemployment in Seaton is 2.2%. Of 999 cities with data, 652 have unemployment of 2 to under 4%.

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Seaton 2.2%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Gigabit broadband availability	58.33 %	Not stated	www.ofcom.org.uk²⁶Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Employment rate	40.52 %	21 Mar 2021	ONS Census 2021 towns and cities dataset Figure 9 individual BUA employment row for Abbots Langley and Kings Langley¹³Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure
Superfast broadband availability	98.86 %	Not stated	www.ofcom.org.uk²⁶Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Median gross salary (regional)	2,866 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	www.ons.gov.uk²⁴Official
Unemployment rate	2.2 %country median 3.4%	31 Dec 2023	www.ons.gov.uk²⁵Official

What does a salary buy in Seaton?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€1,241of €2,409 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	€2,409
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · ONS Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1, Rental price · 2026-08-31	− €1,131
Internet€24 · official · BT Full Fibre 150 · 2026-09-30	− €24
Mobile plan€13 · official · Three 100GB one-month data pack · 2026-09-30	− €13
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€1,241

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Seaton Salary needed to live in Seaton

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Seaton. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Jobcentre Plus — Public employment service

Department for Work and Pensions

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Seaton. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	1 count	7 Jul 2026	DfE Get Information About Schools all establishments extract⁴Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure
Primary schools	3 count	3 Aug 2026	Department for Education (GIAS)³Official
Schools	3 count	3 Aug 2026	Department for Education (GIAS)³Official

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 5 to 16, and public school is free.

A country-wide rule for United Kingdom; Seaton's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: legislation.gov.uk · 1996–2026.

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
GP practices	2 count	7 Jul 2026	NHS ODS GP Practices report + ONSPD Live postcode coordinates⁷Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Seaton under the national coverage rules.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Seaton?

Police recorded about 4,563 incidents per 100,000 (2025-26). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Police force area tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C4 or P3)¹⁷

Recorded crime across major citiesSeaton highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Manchester14,267

Bristol13,099

Liverpool12,409

Leeds11,462

Birmingham11,416

Leicester11,001

Sheffield9,693

Cardiff9,379

Belfast9,156

Coventry8,836

Glasgow757

Edinburgh549

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	4,563 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Police force area tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C4 or P3)¹⁷Official · county
Violent crime per 100,000 residents	2,757 per 100,000	Apr 2026	data.police.uk all-crime polygon replay, filtered to Burglary²Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure
Burglary per 100,000 residents	148 per 100,000	30 Apr 2026	data.police.uk all-crime polygon replay, filtered to Burglary²Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	19 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹⁵Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	24 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁶Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	EXT	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁶Official

Climate and air quality

Annual NO₂ was 3.45 µg/m³ in 2025. Annual PM10 was 9.9 µg/m³ in 2025.

Is the air quality good in Seaton?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 6 µg/m³ (2025) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

PM2.5 — annual mean: 5.96 µg/m³ · official estimated total annual mean background concentration¹²

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

112

119

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Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.56WHO 5 · EU 25

PM109.9WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂3.4WHO 10 · EU 40

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in United KingdomAnnual PM2.5 in Seaton is 6.0 µg/m³. Of 941 cities with data, 487 have annual PM2.5 of 6 to under 7 µg/m³.

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Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	3.45 µg/m³country median 7.2	2025	official estimated total annual mean background concentration¹⁰Official
PM10 — annual mean	9.94 µg/m³country median 11.3	2025	official estimated total annual mean background concentration¹¹Official
PM2.5 — annual mean	5.96 µg/m³country median 6.5	2025	official estimated total annual mean background concentration¹²Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan 7 · Feb 7.3 · Mar 9.5 · Apr 12.2 · May 15.3 · Jun 18.1 · Jul 19.9 · Aug 19.6 · Sep 17.3 · Oct 13.4 · Nov 9.9 · Dec 7.6 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²⁰Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 2 · Feb 1.9 · Mar 2.9 · Apr 4.4 · May 7 · Jun 9.8 · Jul 11.8 · Aug 11.9 · Sep 9.9 · Oct 7.6 · Nov 4.7 · Dec 2.6 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 4.5 · Feb 4.6 · Mar 6.2 · Apr 8.3 · May 11.2 · Jun 14 · Jul 15.8 · Aug 15.7 · Sep 13.6 · Oct 10.5 · Nov 7.3 · Dec 5 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²²Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 112.2 · Feb 86.1 · Mar 77.7 · Apr 75.5 · May 64.4 · Jun 72.8 · Jul 67.4 · Aug 86.4 · Sep 78.4 · Oct 119.3 · Nov 127.8 · Dec 119.5 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²³Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In United Kingdom: Bradford ±1.0 °C. Elsewhere: Cork (Ireland) ±0.7 °C, Saanich (Canada) ±1.3 °C, Neustadt in Holstein (Germany) ±1.5 °C, Heide (Germany) ±1.5 °C, Meldorf (Germany) ±1.5 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Seaton?

The published population was 7,435 people in March 2021. Source: Census 2021 usual resident population count for the exact Built Up Area (BUA), England excluding London or Wales.⁶

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport93.3%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Area	2.38 km²	Dec 2022	ONS Census 2021 BUA row and ONS/OS BUA 2022 geometry for Abbots Langley and Kings Langley⁶Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure
City area	2.38 km²	Dec 2022	Exact 2022 Built Up Area polygon area for BUA22CD in EPSG:27700, converted from square metres to km2.⁵Official
Foreign residents	495 people	21 Mar 2021	Exact BUA non-UK-born population derived as the sum of the published Europe: EU countries and Non-EU countries (including British Overseas) counts.⁶Official
GP practices per 10,000 residents	2.69 per 10,000 people	7 Jul 2026	NHS ODS GP Practices report + ONSPD Live postcode coordinates⁷Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure
Schools per 10,000 residents	1.35 per 10,000 people	7 Jul 2026	DfE Get Information About Schools all establishments extract⁴Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure
Population density	3,125 people/km²	21 Mar 2021	www.ons.gov.uk⁶Official · built-up-area figure
Population	7,435 people	21 Mar 2021	Census 2021 usual resident population count for the exact Built Up Area (BUA), England excluding London or Wales.⁶Official

International community in Seaton

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Usual residents living in the individual ONS Built-up Area on Census Day 21 March 2021 · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Europe: United Kingdom	6,940	93.3%
Non-EU countries (including British Overseas)	285	3.8%
Europe: EU countries	210	2.8%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁶

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Owner-occupied homes	73.56 %	21 Mar 2021	ONS Census 2021 BUA row and ONS/OS BUA 2022 geometry for Abbots Langley and Kings Langley⁶Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure
Residents born abroad	6.7 %	21 Mar 2021	ONS Census 2021 BUA row and ONS/OS BUA 2022 geometry for Abbots Langley and Kings Langley⁶Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure
Residents with a bachelor's degree or higher	28.7 %	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁸Official
Workers aged 16 and over	2,705 workers	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁸Official
Median age	61 years	21 Mar 2021	ONS Census 2021 BUA row and ONS/OS BUA 2022 geometry for Abbots Langley and Kings Langley⁶Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure
Universities	0 count	3 Aug 2026	Office for Students⁹Official

Alternatives for people set on Seaton

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Sidmouth as a Seaton alternative in the same region

Better on 1 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Residents: 13,265 Sidmouth vs 7,435 Seaton+78%
Annual PM2.5: 5.7 µg/m³ Sidmouth vs 6.0 µg/m³ Seaton−4%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,563 Sidmouth vs 4,563 Seatonsame level
Median gross pay, region: €2,866 Sidmouth vs €2,866 Seatonsame level
Unemployment: 2.2% Sidmouth vs 2.2% Seatonsame level

Full comparison More about Sidmouth

Alternative cities in United Kingdom

Other cities in United Kingdom to compare with Seaton, nearest in population first.

All United Kingdom cities

Eckington (North East Derbyshire)7,435 residents Banchory7,440 residents Leicester Forest East7,427 residents Bolton upon Dearne7,445 residents Gowerton7,445 residents Titchfield7,454 residents

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Is Seaton part of Sidmouth?

Seaton is in the published commuting zone of Sidmouth; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Sidmouth city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source¹⁹

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Seaton?

The published population was 7,435 people in March 2021. Source: Census 2021 usual resident population count for the exact Built Up Area (BUA), England excluding London or Wales..

Is the air quality good in Seaton?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 6 µg/m³ (2025) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: official estimated total annual mean background concentration.

How safe is Seaton?

What is the unemployment rate in Seaton?

The unemployment rate is 2.2 % (January 2023). Source: www.ons.gov.uk.

What is the typical salary around Seaton?

The median gross salary is 2,866 EUR/month. Source: www.ons.gov.uk.

How many foreign residents live in Seaton?

495 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Exact BUA non-UK-born population derived as the sum of the published Europe: EU countries and Non-EU countries (including British Overseas) counts..

Is Seaton a good place to live?

Seaton may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Is Seaton part of Sidmouth?

Seaton is in the published commuting zone of Sidmouth; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

How many people born in Europe: United Kingdom live in Seaton?

The official country of birth distribution records 6,940 people (93.3%) in the source-defined population for 2021 Census. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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DfE Get Information About Schools all establishments extract get-information-schools.service.gov.uk · checked 2026-07-07
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