West Devon has more nursing and residential homes per capita than almost anywhere else in the country.
The borough has one home for every 1,785 local residents – the fourteenth highest ratio in the UK, according to local information website locallife.co.uk
Tony Martin, chairman of locallife.co.uk, said: 'West Devon has a higher proportion of older people than almost 90 percent of local authorities, with over a quarter of local residents aged 60 or over.
'But pressure on rooms in West Devon's nursing and residential homes is good news for the local jobs market in the long term.'