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12,707 people live in this town in Somerset, South West.
Street grades B− overall, better than 48% of UK towns. It ranks #19 of 49 in Somerset. Schools lag: primary results beat nearly a fifth of towns in England; secondary results beat 38% of towns in England. Jobs & income is weaker too (C): mean household income £47,187; 2.5% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. At a median £260,000, a home costs 4.9 times the yearly income of households in the Mendip council area. Its best grade is for walkability — 25% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for safety and B for hazard risk.
Figures: commuting, Census 2021 · income, ONS · claimants, DWP · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · flood risk, Environment Agency.
ONS publishes one rent for all of Somerset, so this town's Cost Grade uses house prices and council tax only.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Street is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 30 buildings inside Street’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Street. Best known first.
Abbey or prioryGlastonbury Abbey1.8 km outside town, to the northeast
Museum · English HeritageGlastonbury Tribunal1.9 km outside town, to the northeast
MuseumSomerset Rural Life Museum1.8 km outside town, to the northeastRuinsRuins · National TrustSt. Michael's Tower2.5 km outside town, to the northeastHistoric siteHistoric site · English HeritageMeare Fish House4.9 km outside town, to the northwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Street.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 23% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
51% of commuters travelled under 5 km, above Somerset’s towns (46%) and England’s towns (45%) alike. Working from home was the norm for 23% of workers at the census. About 37% of its commuters stay in Street for work. There are 1 jobs in Street for each resident in work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
GCSE results at the 2 secondary schools within 3 km: 40% of pupils get a strong pass (grade 5+) in English and maths, and the Attainment 8 average is 45.2. 55% of pupils at the town’s 2 primary schools met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Between them, three primaries and one secondary teach 1,897 pupils in Street.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookside Community Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 544 | C |
| Crispin School AcademyLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 978 | C |
Retirement age and beyond: 21% of residents are 65 or older. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 14% of residents, above both Somerset’s towns (11%) and England’s towns (12%). Half of Street is older than 41.9, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Street | Somerset | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 14% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 23% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 21% | 23% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.9% | 6.1% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 26% | 32% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Somerset and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
The nearest A&E to Street is Yeovil District Hospital, 13.1 miles away. One GP practice serves the town; 80% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. Also worth knowing: at the census, 18% of people here had a disability, near both Somerset’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (17%).
| Census 2021 | Street | Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 82% | 82% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.4% | 5.1% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 18% | 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.
Private rents average £1,016 a month across the Somerset council area. The median sale, £260,000, comes from 463 standard sales inside Street’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. Social housing holds 15% of households, higher than Somerset’s towns (14%) yet lower than England’s towns (18%).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £400,000 | 87 |
| Semi-detached | £266,250 | 172 |
| Terraced | £254,000 | 125 |
| Flat or maisonette | £130,000 | 79 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Street logged 775 reported offences in a year (to August 2026), plus 89 complaints of anti-social conduct. Violent crime ran at 28.3 per 1,000 residents a year, near Somerset’s towns (27) and higher than England’s towns (22). 49% of the crimes fell under violence and sexual offences. For its size, Street records less crime per resident than 73% of the 645 UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
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 heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Scaled to its population, Street has 24 listed buildings per 10,000 people, lower than both Somerset’s towns (94) and England’s towns (39). The town’s listed buildings include the Church of the Holy Trinity, Grade I.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
30 listed buildings in Street, 1 of them Grade I.
Mullions Hotel: Photo: Michael Dibb · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Friends Meeting House: Photo: Michael Dibb · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Buildings of Central Somerset mural: Photo: Michael Dibb · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Lawson Terrace: Photo: Michael Dibb · CC BY-SA 2.0
7 notable people were born in Street.
John X. Merriman: Phyllis Lewsen (ed), Public domain · Helen Chamberlain: Kroome111, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Tosher Underwood: Thebees1889, CC BY-SA 4.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Street | 12,707 | — | B− | B | C+ | C+ |
| Walton | 1,149 | 1.1 | — | C | A | B+ |
| Glastonbury | 8,304 | 2.2 | D | B− | D | C |
| Somerton | 5,106 | 4.7 | C− | C− | C+ | B |
| Keinton Mandeville | 1,216 | 5.3 | — | D | A+ | B+ |
| Langport | 3,578 | 6.7 | B | C+ | C | B− |
| Wells | 12,097 | 7.2 | D | C− | C− | B− |
| Pilton | 1,104 | 7.4 | — | D | C+ | A+ |
Walton, Keinton Mandeville and Pilton have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
GCSE results trail 62% of towns in England, and primary results trail 81% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2).
Against all UK towns, most of them smaller, it grades C+.
Band D council tax in Street is £2,584 for 2026–27, more than in 83% 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
Street is a built-up area of 12,707 people, in the Mendip 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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