Chard North & East

Somerset · South West · population 7,504 · 5 LSOAs

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

47Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,638 of 6,856 in England
  • #463 of 710 in South West
  • #47 of 71 in Somerset
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,350
Median age (est.)46
Density1,639per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above21%
No car or van14%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 23%45–64 27%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 17%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 17%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 9%Other: 18%
One person 30%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 9%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 15% · Elementary 14% · Process & plant 12%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades15%
Elementary14%
Process & plant12%
Caring & leisure12%
Professional11%
Associate professional10%
Managers & directors9%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 43% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 10%

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

Chard North & East sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,638 of 6,856 in England, and #47 of 71 in Somerset. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (98) but weak on Education (24). Typical homes here sold for about £250,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 83 sales), 12% below the wider Somerset median of £285,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,705 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £33,411 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 87 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 41 · #4,056
Employment 45 · #3,761
Education 24 · #5,235
Health 53 · #3,199
Crime 62 · #2,569
Housing & access 34 · #4,502
Living environment 98 · #101

House prices ?

£250,000median (12m) · +0.1% yr · n=83
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£250,00083+0.1%+16.3%
Detached£310,00025-16.2%+6.2%
Semi-detached£257,50024+3.4%+24.1%
Terraced£206,25032+1.9%+17.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£250,000
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)£33,411±£4,792 · #5,538 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,650
Price-to-income ?7.5×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 ?

75Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

87 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 651 offences
Somerset79
South West71
England83

Rank #4,403 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences323
Theft112
Burglary21
Vehicle crime34
Criminal damage & arson65
Public order & weapons65
Drugs5
Robbery9
Other17

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 97 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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