Central Bath & Lansdown

Bath and North East Somerset · South West · population 11,148 · 6 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

64Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,452 of 6,856 in England
  • #273 of 710 in South West
  • #22 of 27 in Bath and North East Somerset
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,997
Median age (est.)37
Density2,928per km²
No qualifications6%
Degree or above58%
No car or van39%

Age

0–14 10%15–24 20%25–44 28%45–64 23%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 26%Mortgage/shared: 18%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 40%
Own outright 26%Mortgage/shared 18%Social rent 16%Private rent 40%

Households

One person: 42%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 13%Lone parent: 5%Other: 19%
One person 42%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 13%Lone parent 5%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 30% · Managers & directors 19% · Associate professional 17%

All occupation groups
Professional30%
Managers & directors19%
Associate professional17%
Elementary8%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service6%
Administrative6%
Skilled trades5%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 86%Asian: 7%Black: 2%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 86%Asian 7%Black 2%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

No religion 48% · Christian 39% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 26%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Central Bath & Lansdown is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,452 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #22 of 27 in Bath and North East Somerset. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Income (79) but weak on Living environment (17). Typical homes here sold for about £495,650 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 200 sales), 25% above the wider Bath and North East Somerset median of £395,000. Typical household take-home income is around £46,793 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 261 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 79 · #1,431
Employment 76 · #1,643
Education 74 · #1,808
Health 72 · #1,897
Crime 49 · #3,508
Housing & access 66 · #2,356
Living environment 17 · #5,667

House prices ?

£495,650median (12m) · -8.2% yr · n=200
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£495,650200-8.2%+11.9%
Detached£1,022,50020-24.3%+15.2%
Semi-detached£832,00021+0.8%+66.4%
Terraced£760,00040-2.4%-21.4%
Flat£380,000119+1.3%+7.8%
This area£495,650
Bath and North East Somerset£395,000
South West£310,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£46,793±£6,961 · #1,674 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,414
Price-to-income ?10.6×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

29Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

261 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 2,909 offences
Bath and North East Somerset74
South West71
England83

Rank #6,308 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences1,099
Theft950
Burglary92
Vehicle crime83
Criminal damage & arson162
Public order & weapons412
Drugs36
Robbery52
Other23

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 514 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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