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14% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Home to 3,578 people, this town lies in Somerset, South West.
Real strengths, and real weak spots. Its strongest is schools (A) — primary results beat 95% of towns in England; secondary results beat 84% of towns in England. With a B overall, Langport is better than 56% of UK towns and ranks #13 of 49 in Somerset. What holds it back is hazard risk: 2.8% of homes face a high or medium risk of river or sea flooding. A median £277,475 buys a home here, 5.4 times what households in the South Somerset council area earn in a year. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for health and B− for walkability.
Figures: flood risk, Environment Agency · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · incomes and life expectancy, ONS · commuting, Census 2021.
ONS publishes one rent for all of Somerset, so this town's Cost Grade uses house prices and council tax only.
The 3 things Langport does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Langport is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 78 buildings inside Langport’s built-up area, 3 of them Grade I, and 1 scheduled monument.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Langport.
Langport’s one primary and one secondary have 1,367 pupils between them. Huish Episcopi Primary School’s results beat 98% of schools in England like it. At the 2 primary schools within 3 km, 74% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Both of its schools are shown below.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huish Episcopi Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 175 | A+ |
| Huish Episcopi AcademyLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,192 | A− |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Grade II* covers 2 of them, Grade I 3. Langport’s listed buildings include the Church of All Saints, Grade I. It counts 78 listed buildings on the national list (Historic England): 3 Grade I, 2 Grade II*. Conservation areas cover a fifth of the town’s land, above both Somerset’s towns (8%) and England’s towns (7%).
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Property crime (burglary and damage) runs at 6.2 per 1,000 residents a year. 298 crimes and 40 reports of anti-social behaviour: that is what police recorded inside Langport’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026. Violence and sexual offences were 50% of the crimes.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
162 standard sales inside Langport’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 put the median at £277,475. 13% live in social housing, near Somerset’s towns (14%) and lower than England’s towns (18%). Private rents average £1,016 a month across the Somerset council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £380,000 | 53 |
| Semi-detached | £282,500 | 52 |
| Terraced | £215,000 | 33 |
| Flat or maisonette | £135,000 | 24 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 27% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
For every resident in work, Langport has 1.1 jobs. 85% of commuters drove, above Somerset’s towns (76%) and England’s towns (70%) alike. About 21% of its commuters stay in Langport for work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
78% of Langport’s residents described their health as good or very good at the census, below Somerset’s towns (82%) and England’s towns (82%) alike. Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 6.1% of the town. One GP practice serves the town; just over four in five patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. The nearest A&E to Langport is Yeovil District Hospital, 10.5 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Langport | Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 78% | 82% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 6.1% | 5.1% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 22% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · These shares come straight from the census, without allowing for age, and young towns benefit; the Health Grade instead weighs age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
28% of adults hold a degree, lower than both Somerset’s towns (32%) and England’s towns (34%). People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town. Ages in Langport split evenly at 50.4: half are older, half younger.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Langport | Somerset | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 23% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 29% | 23% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.2% | 6.1% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 28% | 32% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Somerset and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
78 listed buildings in Langport, 3 of them Grade I.
Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Photo: Simon Burchell · CC BY-SA 4.0 · The Langport Arms Hotel: Photo: Maigheach-gheal · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Former Stuckey and Bagehot Warehouse: Photo: Rodw · CC0 · The Old Market House Tea Shop: Photo: Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 2.0
7 notable people were born in Langport.
Walter Bagehot: Norman Hirst (1862–1956), after Unknown artist, Public domain · Henry Sawtell: Photographers unidentified, Public domain · Digby Denham: File:Digby Denham.jpg: Unknown authorUnknown author derivative work: Pbrks, Public domain · Emma Overd: Cecil Sharp died 1924, Public domain
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langport | 3,578 | — | B | C+ | C | B− |
| Curry Rivel | 2,009 | 2.4 | — | C− | B− | B |
| Somerton | 5,106 | 3.7 | C− | C− | C+ | B |
| Martock | 4,079 | 5.2 | C | B− | C | C+ |
| Walton | 1,149 | 6.3 | — | C | A | B+ |
| South Petherton | 3,096 | 6.4 | C | D | C | B |
| Ilchester | 2,062 | 6.6 | — | A | C | B |
| Westonzoyland | 1,463 | 6.6 | — | B− | B+ | B |
Curry Rivel, Walton, Ilchester and Westonzoyland have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 8.9 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I buildings include Church of All Saints. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
GCSE results beat 84% of towns in England, and primary results beat 95% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2). Langport has 2 state schools; places are handled by Somerset council.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
It has more crime per resident than most places its size: 68% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people report less. Burglary was rare, with 3 reports in the year.
Town in Somerset, England
Langport is a built-up area of 3,578 people, in the South Somerset council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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