Dunster, Dulverton & Exmoor

Somerset · South West · population 5,594 · 3 LSOAs

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

29Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,872 of 6,856 in England
  • #609 of 710 in South West
  • #60 of 71 in Somerset
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,595
Median age (est.)58
Density16per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above32%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 11%15–24 7%25–44 16%45–64 32%65+ 36%

Tenure

Own outright: 50%Mortgage/shared: 17%Social rent: 15%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 50%Mortgage/shared 17%Social rent 15%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 17%Lone parent: 6%Other: 22%
One person 33%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 17%Lone parent 6%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 22% · Managers & directors 16% · Professional 12%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades22%
Managers & directors16%
Professional12%
Elementary11%
Associate professional10%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 59% · No religion 33% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Dunster, Dulverton & Exmoor is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,872 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #60 of 71 in Somerset. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (76) but weak on Living environment (1). Typical homes here sold for about £330,000 over the past year, down 3% across five years (from 59 sales), 16% above the wider Somerset median of £285,000. Typical household take-home income is around £35,923 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 49 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 52 · #3,295
Employment 54 · #3,124
Education 33 · #4,564
Health 58 · #2,884
Crime 76 · #1,636
Housing & access 1 · #6,757
Living environment 1 · #6,798

House prices ?

£330,000median (12m) · -11.8% yr · n=59
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£330,00059-11.8%-2.9%
Detached£415,00029-3.0%-7.3%
Semi-detached£300,00019+14.3%+10.1%
Terraced£180,5005-31.9%-21.5%
Flat£159,5006-24.0%
This area£330,000
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)£35,923±£5,090 · #4,729 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,277
Price-to-income ?9.2×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 ?

36Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

49 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 273 offences
Somerset79
South West71
England83

Rank #2,022 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences163
Theft39
Burglary8
Vehicle crime7
Criminal damage & arson19
Public order & weapons33
Drugs0
Robbery0
Other4

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 46 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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