England / Somerset / Somerset West and Taunton
West Somerset£310,038
Average price, last 12 months
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The average house price in West Somerset is £310,038 over the last 12 months. Over the past year prices fell 2.9%.
England / Somerset / Somerset West and Taunton
West Somerset£310,038
Average price, last 12 months
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With £320,000 you could afford the average semi-detached house in West Somerset.
Flats
£141,682
In budget
Terraced
£223,995
In budget
Semi-detached
£295,928
In budget
Detached
£457,648
£138k short
Average sale price by type of home over the last 12 months, from HM Land Registry. These are averages, so cheaper homes of each type do sell.
With a 10% deposit, a 25-year mortgage at 4.5% on the average home in West Somerset costs £1,551 a month.
£1,551
a month
A repayment mortgage on each location's average sale price over the last 12 months. The rate is an example, not a quote, so check current deals. Many lenders cap borrowing at about 4.5 times income.
Average sale price by property type over the last 12 months.
Share of last 12 months' sales by property type.
Mostly detached houses
In West Somerset the priciest area costs 2.6× the cheapest.
Cheapest: Watchet, £236,861. Priciest: Brendon Hills Ward, £608,125.
Each dot is one area inside the location, by its average sale price over the last 12 months. The areas we have prices for may not cover every part of a location.
West Somerset has 11 public parks among 198 green space sites. Green space covers 0.1% of the area: about 32 m² per resident, or 4.4 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 52% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
0.1%
of the land is green space
32 m² per resident, or 4.4 football pitches for every 1,000 residents
11 public parks
Each grid is the location's land, one square per 1%. Green space from OS Open Greenspace, not counting golf courses; Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
West Somerset has about 0.3 residents for every football pitch of land, or 121 people per square mile, which counts as typical density.
Census 2021 population divided by land area. A football pitch is about 7,140 m² (105 m × 68 m).
Rolling 12-month average for each location, last 10 years. Gaps mean no sales were recorded that month.
Prices in West Somerset were down on a year earlier in 24 months of the 108 since October 2017. They are now down 2.9% on a year earlier.
Each stripe is one month: the rolling 12-month average against the same month a year earlier, since October 2017. Falls are hatched as well as red.
Monthly sales volume for each location, last 10 years.
Every measure side by side. The highest value in each row is highlighted.
West Somerset
England / Somerset / Somerset West and Taunton / West Somerset
£310,038
West Somerset
England / Somerset / Somerset West and Taunton / West Somerset
−£9,166
West Somerset
England / Somerset / Somerset West and Taunton / West Somerset
+£76,570
West Somerset
England / Somerset / Somerset West and Taunton / West Somerset
458
West Somerset
England / Somerset / Somerset West and Taunton / West Somerset
2,140
West Somerset
England / Somerset / Somerset West and Taunton / West Somerset
16,417
West Somerset
England / Somerset / Somerset West and Taunton / West Somerset
57 per sq mi · Typical
West Somerset
England / Somerset / Somerset West and Taunton / West Somerset
34,871
West Somerset
England / Somerset / Somerset West and Taunton / West Somerset
121 per sq mi · Typical
West Somerset
England / Somerset / Somerset West and Taunton / West Somerset
32 m² per resident · more than 52% of areas
West Somerset
England / Somerset / Somerset West and Taunton / West Somerset
0.1%
West Somerset
England / Somerset / Somerset West and Taunton / West Somerset
11
West Somerset
England / Somerset / Somerset West and Taunton / West Somerset
71 per 1,000 · High
West Somerset
England / Somerset / Somerset West and Taunton / West Somerset
+10.2%
West Somerset
England / Somerset / Somerset West and Taunton / West Somerset
11 per 1,000
West Somerset
England / Somerset / Somerset West and Taunton / West Somerset
OCT 2023 · £541,617
West Somerset
England / Somerset / Somerset West and Taunton / West Somerset
£200k – £300k · 31.7%
West Somerset
England / Somerset / Somerset West and Taunton / West Somerset
£457,648
West Somerset
England / Somerset / Somerset West and Taunton / West Somerset
£295,928
West Somerset
England / Somerset / Somerset West and Taunton / West Somerset
£223,995
West Somerset
England / Somerset / Somerset West and Taunton / West Somerset
£141,682
West Somerset
England / Somerset / Somerset West and Taunton / West Somerset
35.7%
West Somerset
England / Somerset / Somerset West and Taunton / West Somerset
26.5%
West Somerset
England / Somerset / Somerset West and Taunton / West Somerset
22.2%
West Somerset
England / Somerset / Somerset West and Taunton / West Somerset
15.7%
| Metric | West Somerset England / Somerset / Somerset West and Taunton / West Somerset |
|---|---|
| Latest 12-month average | £310,038 |
| Change over 1 year | −£9,166 |
| Change over ~10 years | +£76,570 |
| Homes sold (last 12 months) | 458 |
| Number of postcodes | 2,140 |
| Households (Census 2021) | 16,417 |
| Household density | 57 per sq mi · Typical |
| Population (Census 2021) | 34,871 |
| Population density | 121 per sq mi · Typical |
| Green space per resident | 32 m² per resident · more than 52% of areas |
| Green space share of area | 0.1% |
| Public parks | 11 |
| Crime rate (per 1,000 residents) | 71 per 1,000 · High |
| Crime vs previous 12 months | +10.2% |
| Anti-social behaviour per 1,000 residents | 11 per 1,000 |
| Peak month | OCT 2023 · £541,617 |
| Most common price band | £200k – £300k · 31.7% |
| Detached average | £457,648 |
| Semi-detached average | £295,928 |
| Terraced average | £223,995 |
| Flats average | £141,682 |
| Detached share of sales | 35.7% |
| Semi-detached share of sales | 26.5% |
| Terraced share of sales | 22.2% |
| Flats share of sales | 15.7% |
Sold prices from HM Land Registry. Households and population from Census 2021. Green space from OS Open Greenspace, not counting golf courses; Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Crime is police-recorded crime from police.uk, per 1,000 residents, over the latest 12 published months; anti-social behaviour is counted separately. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: police.uk.
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