# BA16 0HQ: area report for a postcode in Somerset

BA16 0HQ is a postcode in Somerset.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Somerset. Open the map at BA16 0HQ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset) › [BA16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba16) › [BA16 0](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba16-0)

## Around this postcode

- **9 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 31% on July. Mendip 014D: 58 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-2.7334,51.1247,BA160HQ
- **Castle Cary, 15 km**: The nearest station, in a straight line. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.7334,51.1247,BA160HQ
- **4 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 150 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.7334,51.1247,BA160HQ
- **No property in BA16 0HQ listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-2.7334,51.1247,BA160HQ
- **England’s most deprived 50%**: This neighbourhood, Mendip 014D. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.7334,51.1247,BA160HQ
- **£282,062 average price**: For the whole of Somerset, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.7334,51.1247,BA160HQ
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 350 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.7334,51.1247,BA160HQ
- **3 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 590 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.7334,51.1247,BA160HQ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at BA16 0HQ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-2.7334,51.1247,BA160HQ
- **Low road and rail noise at BA16 0HQ**: Road 50 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.7334,51.1247,BA160HQ
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 5 of 6**: 10% to 30% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-2.7334,51.1247,BA160HQ
- **6.1 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-2.7334,51.1247,BA160HQ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Elmhurst Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/elmhurst-junior-school-e151102) | Primary | 150 m (2 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2023, before the school changed | – |
| [Hindhayes Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hindhayes-infant-school-e123664) | Primary | 260 m (3 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade | – |
| [Millfield School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/millfield-school-e123911) | Independent | 420 m (5 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Crispin School Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/crispin-school-academy-e136913) | Secondary | 630 m (8 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, May 2023 | Attainment 8 of 43.3 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Brookside Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/brookside-community-primary-school-e136848) | Primary | 1.4 km (18 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, November 2023 | 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Avalon School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/avalon-school-e123945) | Special | 1.5 km (19 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, July 2023 | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| August 2024 | £327,500 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| December 2025 | £319,950 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 80 m |
| March 2025 | £395,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 150 m |
| July 2025 | £465,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 150 m |
| August 2025 | £425,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 200 m |
| April 2026 | £388,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 240 m |
| June 2024 | £489,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 260 m |
| September 2023 | £1,260,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 290 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: VINE SURGERY PARTNERSHIP (350 m)
- Pharmacies: BOOTS (350 m); TOUT'S PHARMACY STREET (550 m)
- Dental practices: ADP DENTAL COMPANY LTD (350 m); TRUSTDENTAL (500 m); HIGH STREET (DENTAL SURGERY) (580 m); JENKINS DENTAL PRACTICE (660 m); THE FAMILY DENTAL PRACTICE (700 m)
- Supermarkets: Morrisons Daily Street 10 High Street (590 m, Morrisons); M&S Street Outlet (670 m, Marks and Spencer); Morrisons Daily Street Ivythorn Road (690 m, Morrisons)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £282,062** (July 2026). Somerset’s average house price was £282,062 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 3.1% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £36,279** (2025). Full-time workers living in Somerset earned a median of £36,279 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 103rd lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 7.8×** (2025). A home in Somerset costs 7.8 times local full-time pay. Joint 143rd least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 19.1** (2025). Somerset has a deprivation score of 19.1 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 143rd most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Mendip 014D (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 17.6** (2025). Mendip 014D has a deprivation score of 17.6 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 16,687th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £325,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Mendip 014D was £325,000 in 2025. Joint 13,409th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,246** (2021). Mendip 014D had 1,246 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 13,411th least populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 98.6%** (January 2026). In Mendip 014D, 98.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## BA16 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £263,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in BA16 was £263,000 in 2025. Joint 854th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 13,984** (2021). BA16 had 13,984 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 950th least populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 97%** (2022). About 97% of people in BA16 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 91.8%** (January 2026). In BA16, 91.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset)
- Centre: 51.1247, -2.7334

Council: [Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset) (Unitary authority, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Glastonbury and Somerton](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/glastonbury-and-somerton): Sarah Dyke (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-2.7334,51.1247,BA160HQ

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