Combe Down

Bath and North East Somerset · South West · population 6,515 · 4 LSOAs

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

54Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,158 of 6,856 in England
  • #381 of 710 in South West
  • #24 of 27 in Bath and North East Somerset
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,326
Median age (est.)39
Density2,316per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above48%
No car or van24%

Age

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

Tenure

Own outright: 34%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 24%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 34%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 24%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 12%Other: 18%
One person 31%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 12%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 28% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 15%

All occupation groups
Professional28%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors15%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary8%
Skilled trades8%
Administrative7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 90%Asian: 4%Black: 1%Mixed: 4%Other: 1%
White 90%Asian 4%Black 1%Mixed 4%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 42% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 14%

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

Combe Down sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,158 of 6,856 in England, and #24 of 27 in Bath and North East Somerset. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (84) and lowest on Employment (44). Typical homes here sold for about £515,000 over the past year, up 11% across five years (from 93 sales), 30% above the wider Bath and North East Somerset median of £395,000. Typical household take-home income is around £46,464 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 73 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 45 · #3,789
Employment 44 · #3,809
Education 51 · #3,378
Health 70 · #2,082
Crime 71 · #2,007
Housing & access 51 · #3,330
Living environment 84 · #1,061

House prices ?

£515,000median (12m) · -10.4% yr · n=93
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£515,00093-10.4%+10.8%
Detached£735,00020+13.1%+8.9%
Semi-detached£510,00020-9.7%+9.7%
Terraced£490,00038+15.3%+22.5%
Flat£297,50015-7.0%-0.8%
This area£515,000
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)£46,464±£6,599 · #1,741 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,989
Price-to-income ?11.1×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 ?

22Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

73 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 475 offences
Bath and North East Somerset74
South West71
England83

Rank #3,712 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences247
Theft81
Burglary29
Vehicle crime13
Criminal damage & arson28
Public order & weapons48
Drugs8
Robbery10
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 74 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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