Seaton is a seaside community, fishing harbour and also civil parish in East Devon on the south coastline of England, and is historically part of Axmouth (to the east) and Beer (to the west). It deals with onto Lyme Bay as well as gets on the Dorset and East Devon Coast Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. A sea wall supplies access to the mostly roof shingles coastline going for regarding a mile, and a little harbour, located mainly in the Axmouth location. Seaton's recorded population at the 2011 Census, was 8,413, whilst the Seaton as well as Beer Urban Location that consists of Colyton had an approximated population of 12,815 in 2012 The Seaton selecting ward, that includes Beer, Axmouth and also Colyton, had a population of 7,096 at the above census. There are 3,300 homes in the parish, of which about one third are of single-person tenancy. Most of those persons are of pensionable age.Its position alongside floodplains and also hemmed in by hills on either side implies expansion is hard and also has actually hampered growth of local work. In 2010 redevelopment of a large portion of the town begun with new service sites offering a much needed surge in non-seasonal employment.