Rode, Mells & Woodlands

Somerset · South West · population 8,893 · 5 LSOAs

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

55Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,083 of 6,856 in England
  • #368 of 710 in South West
  • #28 of 71 in Somerset
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,759
Median age (est.)50
Density64per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above42%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 18%45–64 32%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 44%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 44%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 8%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 8%Other: 21%
One person 25%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 8%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Managers & directors 20% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Managers & directors20%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades13%
Elementary8%
Caring & leisure8%
Administrative7%
Sales & customer service5%
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 49% · No religion 43% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Rode, Mells & Woodlands is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,083 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #28 of 71 in Somerset. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (76) but weak on Housing & access (12). Typical homes here sold for about £449,750 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 123 sales), 58% above the wider Somerset median of £285,000. Typical household take-home income is around £43,646 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 56 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 69 · #2,109
Employment 65 · #2,390
Education 59 · #2,836
Health 76 · #1,650
Crime 76 · #1,609
Housing & access 12 · #6,044
Living environment 17 · #5,674

House prices ?

£449,750median (12m) · -2.2% yr · n=123
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£449,750123-2.2%+13.9%
Detached£617,50052+5.6%+4.7%
Semi-detached£380,00029+20.6%+19.1%
Terraced£306,87538-9.7%+3.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£449,750
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)£43,646±£6,206 · #2,415 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,064
Price-to-income ?10.3×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 ?

33Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

56 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 494 offences
Somerset79
South West71
England83

Rank #2,520 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences240
Theft72
Burglary33
Vehicle crime22
Criminal damage & arson51
Public order & weapons50
Drugs11
Robbery3
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 70 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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