Bridgwater East

Somerset · South West · population 9,122 · 6 LSOAs

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

59Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,822 of 6,856 in England
  • #326 of 710 in South West
  • #18 of 71 in Somerset
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,827
Median age (est.)38
Density949per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above21%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 30%45–64 25%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 32%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 32%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 8%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 10%Other: 14%
One person 27%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 10%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 16% · Skilled trades 14% · Process & plant 11%

All occupation groups
Elementary16%
Skilled trades14%
Process & plant11%
Caring & leisure11%
Professional10%
Administrative10%
Associate professional9%
Managers & directors9%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 43% · 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

Bridgwater East is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,822 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #18 of 71 in Somerset. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (70) and lowest on Education (26). Typical homes here sold for about £229,950 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 147 sales), 19% below the wider Somerset median of £285,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #677 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £36,749 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 146 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 57 · #2,918
Employment 65 · #2,377
Education 26 · #5,050
Health 51 · #3,350
Crime 69 · #2,144
Housing & access 40 · #4,118
Living environment 70 · #2,034

House prices ?

£229,950median (12m) · +0.9% yr · n=147
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£229,950147+0.9%+11.5%
Detached£299,00039+4.9%+22.2%
Semi-detached£225,00053-4.3%+7.1%
Terraced£202,50051+4.5%+22.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£229,950
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)£36,749±£5,324 · #4,451 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,699
Price-to-income ?6.3×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 ?

90Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

146 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,329 offences
Somerset79
South West71
England83

Rank #5,869 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences573
Theft331
Burglary38
Vehicle crime33
Criminal damage & arson109
Public order & weapons162
Drugs43
Robbery13
Other27

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 101 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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