Glastonbury Town

Somerset · South West · population 7,624 · 4 LSOAs

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

34Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,509 of 6,856 in England
  • #574 of 710 in South West
  • #59 of 71 in Somerset
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,638
Median age (est.)51
Density436per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above34%
No car or van19%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 8%25–44 21%45–64 32%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 23%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 23%Social rent 14%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 39%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 16%Lone parent: 11%Other: 17%
One person 39%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 16%Lone parent 11%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Associate professional 13% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Associate professional13%
Managers & directors13%
Skilled trades13%
Caring & leisure12%
Sales & customer service10%
Elementary10%
Administrative7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

No religion 43% · Christian 40% · Other 5%

Born outside the UK: 9%

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

Glastonbury Town is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,509 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #59 of 71 in Somerset. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (72) and lowest on Employment (18). Typical homes here sold for about £270,000 over the past year, up 15% across five years (from 155 sales), 5% below the wider Somerset median of £285,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,514 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 122 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 33 · #4,584
Employment 18 · #5,605
Education 37 · #4,289
Health 45 · #3,761
Crime 27 · #4,975
Housing & access 52 · #3,268
Living environment 72 · #1,883

House prices ?

£270,000median (12m) · +3.8% yr · n=155
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£270,000155+3.8%+14.9%
Detached£396,00040+2.2%+21.5%
Semi-detached£275,00043+6.8%+17.0%
Terraced£250,00045+5.3%+12.1%
Flat£140,00027+8.5%+6.5%
This area£270,000
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)£33,514±£4,772 · #5,492 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,662
Price-to-income ?8.1×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 ?

55Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

122 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 926 offences
Somerset79
South West71
England83

Rank #5,490 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences404
Theft174
Burglary20
Vehicle crime16
Criminal damage & arson80
Public order & weapons170
Drugs31
Robbery11
Other20

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 242 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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