Walcot

Bath and North East Somerset · South West · population 5,804 · 4 LSOAs

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

76Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,650 of 6,856 in England
  • #164 of 710 in South West
  • #12 of 27 in Bath and North East Somerset
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,853
Median age (est.)39
Density6,736per km²
No qualifications8%
Degree or above56%
No car or van30%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 14%25–44 30%45–64 27%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 31%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 31%
Own outright 31%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 13%Private rent 31%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 19%Lone parent: 8%Other: 16%
One person 35%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 19%Lone parent 8%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 31% · Associate professional 17% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional31%
Associate professional17%
Managers & directors14%
Elementary9%
Skilled trades8%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service6%
Administrative6%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 90%Asian: 3%Black: 2%Mixed: 4%Other: 1%
White 90%Asian 3%Black 2%Mixed 4%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 54% · Christian 35% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 21%

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

Walcot is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,650 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 27 in Bath and North East Somerset. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (87) but weak on Living environment (17). Typical homes here sold for about £430,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 105 sales), 9% above the wider Bath and North East Somerset median of £395,000. Typical household take-home income is around £46,440 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 69 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 75 · #1,726
Employment 76 · #1,678
Education 87 · #882
Health 84 · #1,102
Crime 57 · #2,918
Housing & access 60 · #2,726
Living environment 17 · #5,695

House prices ?

£430,000median (12m) · +16.2% yr · n=105
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£430,000105+16.2%+15.5%
Detached£967,5006
Semi-detached£517,5008-1.4%+27.7%
Terraced£570,00051+5.6%+32.9%
Flat£257,50040-0.3%+9.6%
This area£430,000
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)£46,440±£6,618 · #1,747 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,285
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 ?

50Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

69 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 403 offences
Bath and North East Somerset74
South West71
England83

Rank #3,497 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences156
Theft121
Burglary21
Vehicle crime34
Criminal damage & arson19
Public order & weapons38
Drugs2
Robbery8
Other4

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 197 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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