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In Somerset, South West, this village has 1,112 residents.
Milverton’s strongest subject is safety: 17.7 violent and sexual offences and 4.8 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Homes are dear: homes sell for a median £330,000, about 6.5 times local household income. It also trails on jobs & income — households earn a mean £52,333 a year, and 2.8% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. The rest of its grades are middling: B for schools, B for health, C+ for walkability and B− for hazard risk.
Figures: crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · income and life expectancy, ONS · claimants, DWP · commuting, Census 2021 · flood risk, Environment Agency. Below 2,500 residents there is no overall grade, so Milverton has its subject grades alone.
ONS publishes one rent for all of Somerset, so this town's Cost Grade uses house prices and council tax only.
The 3 things Milverton 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 Milverton is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Below 2,500 residents there is no overall grade, so Milverton has its subject grades alone.
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Historic England lists them inside Milverton’s built-up area.
42% 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 Milverton.
Degrees are held by just over two in five adults, above Somerset’s towns (32%) and England’s towns (34%) alike. The share of residents under 15 is 13%. The median resident of Milverton is 53.9 years old.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
| Milverton | Somerset | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 14% | 23% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 30% | 23% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 2.8% | 6.1% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 41% | 32% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Somerset and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Key Stage 2 results at the 3 primary schools within 3 km: 63% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Its only school is listed below. The town’s primary school has 188 pupils.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milverton Community Primary School and Pre-SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 188 | A |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Just over two in five homes were built before 1919. Milverton’s listed buildings include the Church of St Michael, Grade I. It counts 72 listed buildings on the national list (Historic England): 1 Grade I, 3 Grade II*. Of the town’s land, 34% lies in conservation areas, higher than both Somerset’s towns (8%) and England’s towns (7%).
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Council and housing-body homes hold 20% of households. 68% of households own their home, about level with Somerset’s towns (67%) and above England’s towns (61%). Private rents average £1,016 a month across the Somerset council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £420,000 | 18 |
| Semi-detached | £275,000 | 7 |
| Terraced | £237,500 | 13 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
In the 12 months to August 2026, police logged 47 crimes and 2 reports of anti-social behaviour inside Milverton’s built-up area. Violence and sexual offences were 57% of the crimes. There were 3.6 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), below Somerset’s towns (7.3) and England’s towns (7.8) alike.
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.
The nearest A&E to Milverton is Musgrove Park Hospital, 5.8 miles away. 22% of residents have a disability, above both Somerset’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (17%). Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 6.5% of the town. There is no GP practice in the town: the nearest is 2.8 miles off.
| Census 2021 | Milverton | Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 76% | 82% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 6.5% | 5.1% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 22% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · A young population flatters these answers, which are not age-adjusted; the Health Grade instead uses measures that allow for age, such as life expectancy and early deaths.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 34% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
At the census, 13% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Somerset’s towns (21%) and England’s towns (27%). The 2026 claimant rate among 16 to 64s was 2.8%. There are 0.3 jobs in Milverton for each resident in work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milverton | 1,112 | — | — | C− | A− | B |
| Wiveliscombe | 2,316 | 2.8 | — | B− | C+ | B |
| Cotford St Luke | 2,411 | 3.1 | — | C+ | C+ | B+ |
| Wellington | 13,815 | 3.3 | D | C | C− | C+ |
| Rockwell Green | 2,854 | 3.6 | D | C− | C | B− |
| Bishops Lydeard | 2,050 | 3.8 | — | C | B− | B+ |
| Norton Fitzwarren | 3,770 | 4.8 | B− | B | C | C |
| Trull | 1,427 | 6.3 | — | D | A | A |
Wiveliscombe, Cotford St Luke, Bishops Lydeard and Trull have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 26.6 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Church of St Michael.
Against all UK towns, it grades A−.
Village in Somerset, England
Milverton is a built-up area of 1,112 people, in the Somerset West and Taunton 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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