Somerset
Somerset has 571,526 residents in 250,166 households (Census 2021); 15% are aged 15–29 and 31% of households rent their home. Over the past two years homes sold for a median of £284,995, from £201,500 in Bridgwater North & Central to £470,000 in King Alfred.
Six maps of Somerset.
Every dot is a residential postcode. Each map uses the same colour scale, from lowest to highest.
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, Aug 2026 · HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · © OpenStreetMap contributors · English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG · data.police.uk · Ofcom Connected Nations 2025
All 55 wards at a glance.
Colour shows where each ward sits among Somerset's wards for that measure, from lowest to highest. Select a ward for its full report.
| Ward | Median price | Green 500 m | Services 15 min | Aged 15–29 | Owner-occupied | Flats | Nearest tram or rail | Gigabit | Crime per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop's Hull & Taunton West | £270k | 13% | 226 | 16% | 61% | 20% | 1.2 km | 76% | 248 |
| Blackdown & Neroche | £319k | 24% | 7 | 13% | 72% | 6% | 6.6 km | 35% | 83 |
| Blackmoor Vale | £295k | 34% | 12 | 13% | 71% | 4% | 3.8 km | 80% | 55 |
| Brent | £350k | 53% | 8 | 13% | 81% | 4% | 7.2 km | 87% | 61 |
| Bridgwater East & Bawdrip | £245k | 23% | 24 | 18% | 71% | 4% | 1.9 km | 75% | 151 |
| Bridgwater North & Central | £202k | 16% | 147 | 19% | 47% | 14% | 609 m | 95% | 212 |
| Bridgwater South | £205k | 24% | 173 | 19% | 45% | 24% | 1.3 km | 95% | 247 |
| Bridgwater West | £251k | 22% | 112 | 18% | 64% | 14% | 1.9 km | 92% | 127 |
| Brympton | £250k | 19% | 36 | 20% | 66% | 12% | 4.3 km | 94% | 44 |
| Burnham on Sea North | £275k | 16% | 45 | 12% | 73% | 12% | 2.9 km | 91% | 96 |
| Cannington | £340k | 31% | 13 | 14% | 80% | 2% | 6.3 km | 24% | 36 |
| Castle Cary | £309k | 25% | 9 | 19% | 72% | 4% | 5.1 km | 84% | 58 |
| Chard North | £250k | 23% | 15 | 15% | 67% | 11% | 13.2 km | 80% | 99 |
| Chard South | £267k | 24% | 27 | 15% | 65% | 11% | 12.7 km | 51% | 99 |
| Cheddar | £350k | 35% | 35 | 14% | 75% | 9% | 15.0 km | 77% | 68 |
| Coker | £345k | 39% | 8 | 12% | 75% | 2% | 4.9 km | 56% | 69 |
| Comeytrowe & Trull | £318k | 11% | 48 | 13% | 77% | 14% | 2.6 km | 71% | 61 |
| Crewkerne | £250k | 25% | 48 | 14% | 70% | 7% | 1.6 km | 31% | 73 |
| Curry Rivel & Langport | £340k | 25% | 9 | 13% | 75% | 4% | 10.0 km | 36% | 55 |
| Dulverton & Exmoor | £358k | 63% | 3 | 10% | 66% | 2% | 11.1 km | 29% | 61 |
| Dunster | £315k | 23% | 6 | 11% | 69% | 4% | 1.4 km | 42% | 78 |
| Frome East | £348k | 7% | 63 | 15% | 65% | 13% | 888 m | 82% | 78 |
| Frome North | £350k | 8% | 18 | 13% | 77% | 4% | 3.3 km | 70% | 70 |
| Frome West | £300k | 9% | 78 | 15% | 60% | 14% | 1.5 km | 84% | 130 |
| Glastonbury | £265k | 37% | 71 | 13% | 64% | 12% | 14.3 km | 73% | 167 |
| Highbridge & Burnham South | £258k | 25% | 27 | 15% | 61% | 17% | 854 m | 94% | 143 |
| Huntspill | £285k | 51% | 7 | 14% | 77% | 2% | 4.8 km | 44% | 58 |
| Ilminster | £285k | 23% | 8 | 13% | 73% | 6% | 11.2 km | 62% | 53 |
| King Alfred | £470k | 42% | 5 | 13% | 84% | 1% | 9.3 km | 51% | 40 |
| Lydeard | £285k | 28% | 25 | 16% | 72% | 9% | 1.4 km | 68% | 64 |
| Martock | £261k | 36% | 20 | 14% | 67% | 6% | 9.5 km | 85% | 52 |
| Mendip Central and East | £350k | 14% | 6 | 13% | 73% | 3% | 4.9 km | 54% | 57 |
| Mendip Hills | £390k | 31% | 6 | 15% | 74% | 1% | 4.8 km | 61% | 50 |
| Mendip South | £408k | 26% | 5 | 13% | 76% | 2% | 4.9 km | 32% | 42 |
| Mendip West | £365k | 54% | 6 | 13% | 77% | 2% | 12.8 km | 60% | 46 |
| Minehead | £255k | 15% | 101 | 14% | 65% | 18% | 915 m | 73% | 88 |
| Monkton & North Curry | £325k | 21% | 12 | 15% | 75% | 3% | 4.6 km | 43% | 77 |
| North Petherton | £280k | 25% | 27 | 16% | 70% | 5% | 3.7 km | 48% | 111 |
| Rowbarton & Staplegrove | £265k | 17% | 76 | 18% | 65% | 11% | 1.2 km | 82% | 53 |
| Shepton Mallet | £261k | 21% | 42 | 17% | 64% | 11% | 2.4 km | 69% | 85 |
| Somerton | £350k | 15% | 13 | 13% | 76% | 3% | 14.2 km | 38% | 48 |
| South Petherton & Islemoor | £335k | 29% | 7 | 12% | 74% | 2% | 8.7 km | 75% | 52 |
| Street | £265k | 23% | 76 | 19% | 64% | 11% | 14.5 km | 88% | 68 |
| Taunton East | £220k | 15% | 247 | 20% | 43% | 28% | 1.2 km | 90% | 234 |
| Taunton North | £255k | 16% | 82 | 16% | 54% | 18% | 1.3 km | 97% | 96 |
| Taunton South | £275k | 20% | 80 | 17% | 62% | 13% | 2.3 km | 89% | 73 |
| Upper Tone | £365k | 9% | 6 | 13% | 76% | 3% | 7.8 km | 24% | 36 |
| Watchet & Stogursey | £265k | 14% | 22 | 12% | 63% | 7% | 874 m | 10% | 104 |
| Wellington | £265k | 17% | 93 | 16% | 66% | 11% | 7.4 km | 80% | 80 |
| Wells | £321k | 15% | 80 | 14% | 68% | 10% | 9.8 km | 69% | 89 |
| Wincanton & Bruton | £298k | 14% | 43 | 16% | 63% | 10% | 5.6 km | 81% | 77 |
| Yeovil Central | £235k | 14% | 108 | 17% | 62% | 17% | 1.4 km | 98% | 107 |
| Yeovil East | £210k | 23% | 43 | 19% | 55% | 12% | 1.0 km | 98% | 101 |
| Yeovil South | £245k | 13% | 105 | 18% | 62% | 20% | 2.1 km | 90% | 238 |
| Yeovil West | £250k | 31% | 56 | 17% | 64% | 7% | 3.1 km | 98% | 114 |
Sources: Census 2021 · HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales to 28 Aug 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors · data.police.uk
Prices.
Quarterly median of all standard residential sales in Somerset. The latest quarter is still being registered.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales to 28 Aug 2026
Safety.
Police recorded 53,421 crimes and incidents in Somerset in the 12 months to Aug 2026, 94 per 1,000 residents.
Police.uk records crimes by approximate location, not by where victims or offenders live. Busy streets, shops, stations and nightlife record more. Figures are counts, not a measure of personal risk.
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, Avon and Somerset Constabulary (Open Government Licence v3.0)
Road safety.
Injury collisions reported to the police in Somerset each year, 2021–2025: 562 of them with a serious or fatal injury.
Counts include only collisions involving personal injury that were reported to the police. Most happen on main roads and at junctions, so a count near a postcode reflects the traffic passing through, not the risk of any one journey.
Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data (Open Government Licence v3.0)
Food hygiene.
Food businesses in Somerset with a published hygiene rating.
Council food safety officers rate businesses from 0 (urgent improvement necessary) to 5 (very good) for hygiene, the state of the premises and how food safety is managed. A rating reflects the standards found on the day of inspection, not the quality of the food.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene rating data as of 26 October 2026 (Open Government Licence)
Broadband.
Share of homes in Somerset that can get each type of fixed broadband, July 2025.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations 2025, fixed broadband coverage of residential premises, July 2025. © Ofcom copyright
Deprivation, in context.
7 of Somerset's 339 neighbourhoods are in the most deprived tenth of England on the 2025 index.
The English Indices of Deprivation rank 33,755 small areas from 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived). They describe areas relative to each other, not every household in them.
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG
Wards of Somerset.
Every ward has its own page with all of its postcodes.