Yetminster, Bradford Abbas & Longburton

Dorset · South West · population 8,081 · 4 LSOAs

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

57Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,925 of 6,856 in England
  • #339 of 710 in South West
  • #23 of 48 in Dorset
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,792
Median age (est.)55
Density52per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above38%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 8%25–44 16%45–64 31%65+ 33%

Tenure

Own outright: 50%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 50%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 9%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 6%Other: 24%
One person 25%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 6%Other 24%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Managers & directors 17% · Skilled trades 16%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Managers & directors17%
Skilled trades16%
Associate professional11%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 60% · No religion 31% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Yetminster, Bradford Abbas & Longburton is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,925 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #23 of 48 in Dorset. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (94) but weak on Housing & access (3). Typical homes here, about £430,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 33% in five years (from 86 sales), 25% above the wider Dorset median of £345,000. Typical household take-home income is around £41,689 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 31 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 77 · #1,582
Employment 80 · #1,383
Education 75 · #1,698
Health 91 · #629
Crime 94 · #375
Housing & access 3 · #6,634
Living environment 8 · #6,332

House prices ?

£430,000median (12m) · +16.2% yr · n=86
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£430,00086+16.2%+33.3%
Detached£499,00055+2.9%+25.7%
Semi-detached£350,00019+29.2%+20.7%
Terraced£243,00012-3.3%+3.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£430,000
Dorset£345,000
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)£41,689±£5,883 · #2,946 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,286
Price-to-income ?10.3×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 ?

39Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

31 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 248 offences
Dorset40
South West71
England83

Rank #454 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences83
Theft107
Burglary21
Vehicle crime7
Criminal damage & arson12
Public order & weapons12
Drugs3
Robbery1
Other2

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 39 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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