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A village of 1,424 in Somerset, South West.
Wedmore has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Its strongest subject is health (A+): life expectancy 83.1 for men, 86.9 for women. Its weakest is cost of living (D−): median sale £548,100, 11.1 years of area income; rent £1,016 a month.
ONS publishes one rent for all of Somerset, so this town's Cost Grade uses house prices and council tax only.
The 3 things Wedmore 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 Wedmore is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists them inside Wedmore’s built-up area, along with 1 scheduled monument.
33% 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 Wedmore.
13% are under 15, below Somerset’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (18%) alike, and on top of that the 15-to-24 age group makes up 8.4% of residents. Line up the people of Wedmore by age and the one in the middle is 56.6. Graduates make up 48% of adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
| Wedmore | Somerset | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 13% | 23% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 38% | 23% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 3.6% | 6.1% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 14% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 48% | 32% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Somerset and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
The nearest A&E to Wedmore is Weston General Hospital, 9.6 miles away. Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 3.3% of the town. At the census, 85% of people in Wedmore called their health good or very good, higher than both Somerset’s towns (82%) and England’s towns (82%). Seeing a GP means leaving Wedmore: the nearest practice is 3.8 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Wedmore | Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 85% | 82% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.3% | 5.1% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 16% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Census health answers are raw, so younger towns score better on them; for the Health Grade we use age-adjusted figures like life expectancy and early deaths.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Wedmore’s listed buildings include the Church of St Mary, Grade I. It counts 70 listed buildings on the national list (Historic England): 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II*. 33% of its homes were built before 1919, above Somerset’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (16%) alike.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Social housing holds 6% of households, below Somerset’s towns (14%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. 9% of households rent privately. 90 standard sales inside Wedmore’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 put the median at £548,100.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £572,500 | 64 |
| Semi-detached | £419,000 | 12 |
| Terraced | £442,500 | 8 |
| Flat or maisonette | £197,500 | 6 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 3.5 reports per 1,000, lower than both Somerset’s towns (7.3) and England’s towns (7.8). Wedmore logged 33 reported offences in a year (to August 2026), plus 4 complaints of anti-social conduct. Homes see 7 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year. Of all the crimes, 45% were violence and sexual offences.
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 Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 40% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Jobs per working resident: 0.9. The car took 83% of commuters, higher than both Somerset’s towns (76%) and England’s towns (70%). Home was the main workplace for two in five workers at the census. About 7% of its commuters stay in Wedmore for 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wedmore | 1,424 | — | — | D− | A | A+ |
| Draycott | 1,069 | 3.3 | — | D | B− | A |
| Cheddar | 5,841 | 3.9 | C | D | C | B+ |
| Axbridge | 1,998 | 4.3 | — | D | B | B |
| Shipham | 1,104 | 6.3 | — | D | A+ | A− |
| Winscombe and Sandford | 4,605 | 6.6 | B+ | D | B+ | A |
| Glastonbury | 8,304 | 6.7 | D | B− | D | C |
| Woolavington | 2,324 | 6.7 | — | C | C− | B− |
Draycott, Axbridge, Shipham and Woolavington have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 20.2 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Church of St Mary. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £548,100, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £197,500, terraced houses £442,500, semi-detached houses £419,000 and detached houses £572,500.
Village in Somerset, England
Wedmore is a built-up area of 1,424 people, in the Sedgemoor 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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