Oakhill, Horrington & Chewton Mendip

Somerset · South West · population 7,801 · 4 LSOAs

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

64Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,432 of 6,856 in England
  • #269 of 710 in South West
  • #14 of 71 in Somerset
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,746
Median age (est.)50
Density84per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above37%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 9%25–44 20%45–64 31%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 44%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 44%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 6%Private rent 19%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 8%Other: 19%
One person 27%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 8%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Managers & directors 16% · Skilled trades 14%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Managers & directors16%
Skilled trades14%
Associate professional13%
Caring & leisure9%
Administrative8%
Elementary8%
Process & plant7%
Sales & customer service6%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 39% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

Oakhill, Horrington & Chewton Mendip is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,432 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #14 of 71 in Somerset. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (83) but weak on Living environment (16). Typical homes here sold for about £325,000 over the past year, up 23% across five years (from 96 sales), 14% above the wider Somerset median of £285,000. Typical household take-home income is around £42,659 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 43 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 78 · #1,472
Employment 70 · #2,075
Education 67 · #2,288
Health 81 · #1,314
Crime 83 · #1,143
Housing & access 18 · #5,626
Living environment 16 · #5,729

House prices ?

£325,000median (12m) · +8.3% yr · n=96
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£325,00096+8.3%+22.9%
Detached£515,00033+6.5%+25.6%
Semi-detached£308,00025+3.5%+18.5%
Terraced£245,000270.0%+14.5%
Flat£190,00011+7.0%+23.4%
This area£325,000
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)£42,659±£6,021 · #2,665 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,509
Price-to-income ?7.6×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 ?

71Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

43 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 332 offences
Somerset79
South West71
England83

Rank #1,479 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences192
Theft27
Burglary29
Vehicle crime14
Criminal damage & arson25
Public order & weapons25
Drugs6
Robbery2
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 41 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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