Southdown

Bath and North East Somerset · South West · population 5,631 · 4 LSOAs

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

43Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,919 of 6,856 in England
  • #500 of 710 in South West
  • #26 of 27 in Bath and North East Somerset
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,641
Median age (est.)40
Density4,182per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above30%
No car or van23%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 15%25–44 25%45–64 24%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 36%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 22%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 36%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 22%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 10%Other: 21%
One person 29%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 10%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Elementary 13% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Elementary13%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure11%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative10%
Managers & directors9%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 4%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 92%Asian 4%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 49% · Christian 42% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 12%

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

Southdown is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,919 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #26 of 27 in Bath and North East Somerset. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (83) but weak on Education (20). Typical homes here sold for about £365,000 over the past year, up 23% across five years (from 59 sales), 8% below the wider Bath and North East Somerset median of £395,000. Typical household take-home income is around £39,107 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 86 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 38 · #4,234
Employment 40 · #4,132
Education 20 · #5,509
Health 56 · #2,980
Crime 50 · #3,432
Housing & access 82 · #1,246
Living environment 83 · #1,184

House prices ?

£365,000median (12m) · +7.4% yr · n=59
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£365,00059+7.4%+22.7%
Detached£477,5009-20.1%+45.8%
Semi-detached£360,00028+2.9%+21.6%
Terraced£335,00021+5.7%+10.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£365,000
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)£39,107±£5,506 · #3,686 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,576
Price-to-income ?9.3×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 ?

43Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

86 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 483 offences
Bath and North East Somerset74
South West71
England83

Rank #4,364 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences196
Theft154
Burglary27
Vehicle crime6
Criminal damage & arson39
Public order & weapons42
Drugs5
Robbery8
Other6

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 45 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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