Cannington, Combwich & Nether Stowey

Somerset · South West · population 7,143 · 5 LSOAs

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

51Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,371 of 6,856 in England
  • #417 of 710 in South West
  • #39 of 71 in Somerset
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,130
Median age (est.)52
Density67per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above32%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 10%25–44 18%45–64 29%65+ 29%

Tenure

Own outright: 49%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 49%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 8%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 7%Other: 22%
One person 29%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 7%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Skilled trades 16% · Managers & directors 15%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Skilled trades16%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional12%
Elementary10%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative8%
Process & plant7%
Sales & customer service5%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 0%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 0%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 55% · No religion 37% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Cannington, Combwich & Nether Stowey sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,371 of 6,856 in England, and #39 of 71 in Somerset. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (89) but weak on Housing & access (1). Typical homes here sold for about £298,500 over the past year, up 15% across five years (from 89 sales), in line with the wider Somerset median of £285,000. Typical household take-home income is around £38,629 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 32 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 81 · #1,301
Employment 76 · #1,657
Education 52 · #3,323
Health 70 · #2,034
Crime 89 · #732
Housing & access 1 · #6,771
Living environment 15 · #5,811

House prices ?

£298,500median (12m) · +4.7% yr · n=89
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£298,50089+4.7%+14.8%
Detached£455,00033+21.3%+30.7%
Semi-detached£285,00037+10.7%+27.2%
Terraced£251,75019+6.4%+7.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£298,500
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)£38,629±£5,446 · #3,834 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,525
Price-to-income ?7.7×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

67Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

32 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 232 offences
Somerset79
South West71
England83

Rank #611 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences148
Theft23
Burglary17
Vehicle crime5
Criminal damage & arson10
Public order & weapons19
Drugs2
Robbery0
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 25 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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