Bishop's Hull & Norton Fitzwarren

Somerset · South West · population 10,134 · 5 LSOAs

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

61Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,651 of 6,856 in England
  • #302 of 710 in South West
  • #16 of 71 in Somerset
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,929
Median age (est.)40
Density789per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above32%
No car or van12%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 10%25–44 28%45–64 25%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 31%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 17%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 31%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 17%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 10%Other: 15%
One person 28%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 10%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Associate professional 15% · Caring & leisure 13%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Associate professional15%
Caring & leisure13%
Managers & directors11%
Skilled trades10%
Elementary9%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 94%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 46% · No religion 46% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 11%

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

Bishop's Hull & Norton Fitzwarren is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,651 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 71 in Somerset. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (97) but weak on Housing & access (30). Typical homes here sold for about £264,000 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 150 sales), 7% below the wider Somerset median of £285,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,708 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 58 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 56 · #2,980
Employment 58 · #2,911
Education 52 · #3,254
Health 43 · #3,919
Crime 66 · #2,342
Housing & access 30 · #4,810
Living environment 97 · #176

House prices ?

£264,000median (12m) · +5.6% yr · n=150
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£264,000150+5.6%+13.5%
Detached£379,95031+4.5%+21.6%
Semi-detached£269,95055+7.5%+14.9%
Terraced£249,99943+10.5%+17.9%
Flat£153,00021+5.5%+17.2%
This area£264,000
Somerset£285,000
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)£40,708±£5,723 · #3,213 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,915
Price-to-income ?6.5×typical home ÷ net income — less 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 ?

85Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

58 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 585 offences
Somerset79
South West71
England83

Rank #2,687 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences297
Theft118
Burglary20
Vehicle crime14
Criminal damage & arson31
Public order & weapons75
Drugs9
Robbery2
Other19

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 77 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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