Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The village has 549 residents and lies in Somerset, South West.
Wellow has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures on this page are still real. Homes sell for a median £851,000. 47% of its homes date from before 1919. Just over half of adults are qualified to degree level.
The 3 things Wellow does most differently from other towns.
Historic England lists them inside Wellow’s built-up area.
47% 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 Wellow.
The median resident of Wellow is 52.1 years old. 14% are under 15, below Somerset’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. People 65 and over make up 26% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Wellow | Somerset | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 13% | 23% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 26% | 23% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 8.6% | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 3.2% | 6.1% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 15% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 51% | 32% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Somerset and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
83% of pupils at the 2 primary schools within 3 km met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). St Julian's Church School’s results beat 96% of schools in England like it. Its only school is listed below.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Julian's Church SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 104 | A+ |
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 50% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Households take home £75K a year before tax, on average. 50% of workers worked mainly from home, above Somerset’s towns (29%) and England’s towns (31%) alike. Jobs per working resident: 0.8. Work in town: 7% of resident commuters.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Owners make up 70% of households. Private rents average £1,885 a month across the Bath and North East Somerset council area. Social housing holds 17% of households, about level with England’s towns (18%) and above Somerset’s towns (14%).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £1,200,000 | 9 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The violent crime rate is 17.6 per 1,000 residents a year. The 12 months to August 2026 brought 15 recorded crimes inside Wellow’s built-up area, and 3 reports of anti-social behaviour. Of all the crimes, 33% were violence and sexual offences. There were 3.6 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), below Somerset’s towns (7.2) 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.
84% of Wellow’s residents described their health as good or very good at the census, higher than both Somerset’s towns (82%) and England’s towns (82%). There is no GP practice in the town: the nearest is 2.6 miles off. The nearest A&E to Wellow is Royal United Hospital Bath, 4.8 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Wellow | Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 84% | 82% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4% | 5.1% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 17% | 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.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Wellow’s listed buildings include the Parish Church of St Julian, Grade I. Of the town’s 51 listed buildings on Historic England’s list, Grade I counts 1 and Grade II* 3. Conservation areas cover 69% of the town’s land, 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
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellow | 549 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Peasedown St John | 6,668 | 2.2 | B | C | B | B |
| Norton St Philip | 1,004 | 2.6 | — | D | A | A |
| Bath | 94,080 | 3.8 | B− | D | D | B |
| Westwood | 1,001 | 4.2 | — | C+ | A+ | A+ |
| Radstock | 9,983 | 4.2 | C− | B− | C− | C |
| Winsley | 1,365 | 4.2 | — | C+ | A+ | A+ |
| Timsbury | 2,506 | 4.5 | B | C | B+ | A− |
Norton St Philip, Westwood and Winsley have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 38.1 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Parish Church of St Julian.
At the 2021 Census, 13% of Wellow’s 549 residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over, against 12% and 18% across England’s towns.
Village in Somerset, England
Wellow is a built-up area of 549 people, in the Bath and North East 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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