Yeovil Larkhill

Somerset · South West · population 6,023 · 4 LSOAs

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

35Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,454 of 6,856 in England
  • #568 of 710 in South West
  • #57 of 71 in Somerset
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,008
Median age (est.)38
Density4,902per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above24%
No car or van17%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 11%25–44 29%45–64 24%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 28%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 21%Private rent: 25%
Own outright 28%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 21%Private rent 25%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 14%Other: 13%
One person 33%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 14%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Caring & leisure 13% · Skilled trades 13% · Professional 13%

All occupation groups
Caring & leisure13%
Skilled trades13%
Professional13%
Associate professional13%
Elementary12%
Administrative10%
Process & plant10%
Sales & customer service10%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 43% · Buddhist 1%

Born outside the UK: 11%

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

Yeovil Larkhill is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,454 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #57 of 71 in Somerset. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (98) but weak on Employment (26). Typical homes here sold for about £214,000 over the past year, up 19% across five years (from 88 sales), 25% below the wider Somerset median of £285,000. Typical household take-home income is around £39,121 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 66 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 32 · #4,653
Employment 26 · #5,050
Education 28 · #4,906
Health 38 · #4,255
Crime 44 · #3,823
Housing & access 44 · #3,823
Living environment 98 · #115

House prices ?

£214,000median (12m) · -1.8% yr · n=88
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£214,00088-1.8%+18.9%
Detached£312,5008-11.0%+18.4%
Semi-detached£217,00035-0.9%+16.0%
Terraced£211,50032+3.2%+22.3%
Flat£105,00013+5.0%+6.7%
This area£214,000
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)£39,121±£5,579 · #3,680 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,131
Price-to-income ?5.5×typical home ÷ net income — less 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 ?

69Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

66 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 398 offences
Somerset79
South West71
England83

Rank #3,286 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences226
Theft36
Burglary10
Vehicle crime6
Criminal damage & arson36
Public order & weapons62
Drugs8
Robbery2
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 57 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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