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

BA16 0RG 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 0RG 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

- **7 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 50% on July. Mendip 012E: 33 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-2.7453,51.1168,BA160RG
- **No station within 15 km**: Rail, Tube, tram and metro stations. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.7453,51.1168,BA160RG
- **2 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 290 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.7453,51.1168,BA160RG
- **No property in BA16 0RG 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=-2.7453,51.1168,BA160RG
- **England’s least deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Mendip 012E. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.7453,51.1168,BA160RG
- **£282,062 average price**: For the whole of Somerset, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.7453,51.1168,BA160RG
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.2 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.7453,51.1168,BA160RG
- **3 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 530 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.7453,51.1168,BA160RG
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at BA16 0RG**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-2.7453,51.1168,BA160RG
- **Low road and rail noise at BA16 0RG**: Road under 40 dB or not modelled, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.7453,51.1168,BA160RG
- **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=-2.7453,51.1168,BA160RG
- **5.8 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-2.7453,51.1168,BA160RG

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Brookside Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/brookside-community-primary-school-e136848) | Primary | 290 m (4 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 | 300 m (4 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, July 2023 | – |
| [Hindhayes Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hindhayes-infant-school-e123664) | Primary | 970 m (12 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade | – |
| [Elmhurst Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/elmhurst-junior-school-e151102) | Primary | 1.4 km (17 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2023, before the school changed | – |
| [Millfield School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/millfield-school-e123911) | Independent | 1.4 km (17 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Crispin School Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/crispin-school-academy-e136913) | Secondary | 1.8 km (22 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, May 2023 | Attainment 8 of 43.3 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Walton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/walton-church-of-england-voluntary-controlled-primary-school-e123776) | Primary | 1.9 km (23 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), October 2023 | 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| July 2026 | £305,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 70 m |
| February 2026 | £170,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 100 m |
| October 2023 | £299,950 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 140 m |
| July 2025 | £280,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 150 m |
| July 2024 | £210,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 180 m |
| August 2023 | £171,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 180 m |
| July 2025 | £295,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 180 m |
| February 2025 | £312,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 180 m |

## Within 1 km

- Dental practices: THE FAMILY DENTAL PRACTICE (830 m); JENKINS DENTAL PRACTICE (950 m)
- Supermarkets: Morrisons Daily Street Ivythorn Road (530 m, Morrisons); Morrisons Daily Street West End (730 m, Morrisons); Co-op Street (870 m, The Radstock Co-operative Society)

## 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 012E (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 8.2** (2025). Mendip 012E has a deprivation score of 8.2 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 6,483rd least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £296,328** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Mendip 012E was £296,328 in 2025. 15,833rd most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 2,291** (2021). Mendip 012E had 2,291 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 2,106th most 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: 99.7%** (January 2026). In Mendip 012E, 99.7% 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: 51.1168, -2.7453

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=-2.7453,51.1168,BA160RG

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