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A town of 5,106 in Somerset, South West.
Somerton grades C− overall against UK towns: better than 16% of UK towns, and #36 of 49 in Somerset. Its strongest subject is health (B): life expectancy 82.9 for men, 85.9 for women. Its weakest is schools (D): primary results beat 9% of towns in England. The median home sold for £307,000 in the last three years, 5.9 times what households in the South Somerset council area earn in a year.
ONS publishes one rent for all of Somerset, so this town's Cost Grade uses house prices and council tax only.
The 3 things Somerton 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 Somerton is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists 123 buildings inside Somerton’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I, and 1 scheduled monument.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
The archive holds 1 old photo or postcard going back to 1905.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Somerton.
People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town, below both Somerset’s towns (11%) and England’s towns (12%). Line up the people of Somerton by age and the one in the middle is 50. The under-15s are 16% of the population here.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
| Somerton | Somerset | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 23% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 30% | 23% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.2% | 6.1% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 30% | 32% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Somerset and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
At the top of the list, 1 are Grade I and 12 Grade II*. Somerton’s listed buildings include the Church of St Michael and All Angels, Grade I. Of the town’s land, 17% lies in conservation areas, above Somerset’s towns (8%) and England’s towns (7%) alike.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Households that own their home make up 71%. The £307,000 median rests on 294 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026). Private rents average £1,016 a month across the Somerset council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £395,000 | 118 |
| Semi-detached | £280,000 | 89 |
| Terraced | £249,995 | 69 |
| Flat or maisonette | £135,825 | 18 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Violence came to 28.4 per 1,000 residents a year, near Somerset’s towns (27) and higher than England’s towns (22). Police figures for Somerton’s built-up area: 293 crimes and 38 anti-social behaviour reports in the 12 months to August 2026. Each year, 8.3 burglaries and acts of damage are recorded per 1,000 residents.
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
Somerton has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 4 miles away. Just over a fifth of residents in Somerton live with a disability. The nearest A&E to Somerton is Yeovil District Hospital, 8.9 miles away. At the census, 79% of people in Somerton called their health good or very good, below Somerset’s towns (82%) and England’s towns (82%) alike.
| Census 2021 | Somerton | Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 79% | 82% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.8% | 5.1% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 21% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Self-reported health favours young towns, since these answers ignore age; the Health Grade leans on age-adjusted measures such as life expectancy and early deaths.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 24% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
85% of commuters drove, above Somerset’s towns (76%) and England’s towns (70%) alike. There are 0.8 jobs in Somerton for each resident in work. About a fifth of its commuters stay in Somerton for work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
123 listed buildings in Somerton, 1 of them Grade I.
Church of St Michael and All Angels: Photo: Celiakozlowski · CC BY 3.0 · The Hext Almshouses: Photo: David Redwood · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The Market Cross: Photo: Andrew Riley · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The Globe Inn: Photo: Roger Cornfoot · CC BY-SA 2.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somerton | 5,106 | — | C− | C− | C+ | B |
| Langport | 3,578 | 3.7 | B | C+ | C | B− |
| Ilchester | 2,062 | 4.1 | — | A | C | B |
| Keinton Mandeville | 1,216 | 4.3 | — | D | A+ | B+ |
| Street | 12,707 | 4.7 | B− | B | C+ | C+ |
| Walton | 1,149 | 4.9 | — | C | A | B+ |
| Martock | 4,079 | 5.7 | C | B− | C | C+ |
| Curry Rivel | 2,009 | 6.1 | — | C− | B− | B |
Ilchester, Keinton Mandeville, Walton and Curry Rivel have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 9.9 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Church of St Michael and All Angels. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
Primary results trail 91% of towns in England (Department for Education, Key Stage 2). Places are handled by Somerset council.
Band D council tax in Somerton is £2,661 for 2026–27, more than in 93% of UK towns (council, county, police and fire, plus the parish or town council). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
Town in Somerset, England
Somerton is a built-up area of 5,106 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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