Bath and North East Somerset: house prices, jobs and local statistics

Detached

£716,072

Semi-detached

£445,620

Terraced

£389,042

Flat or maisonette

£239,382

First-time buyers

£333,214

The claimant count is people claiming unemployment-related benefits as a share of residents aged 16 to 64; the unemployment rate is the survey measure of people out of work and looking. Pay is for full-time employees who live in the area.

• Residents

  163,135 in 1991 → 200,028 in 2024 (+22.6%)

  England over the same years: +22.4%

• Average house price

  £208,787 in 2005 → £409,045 in 2026 (+95.9%)

  England over the same years: +85.9%

• Median weekly pay

  £385 in 2008 → £641 in 2025 (+66.4%)

  England over the same years: +63.7%

• Employment rate

  76.0% in 2004 → 78.0% in 2023 (+2.6%)

  England over the same years: +4.4%

• Claimant count

  1.1% in 2001 → 1.9% in 2025 (+72.7%)

  England over the same years: +60.0%

• Disposable income per head

  £12,433 in 1997 → £28,582 in 2024 (+129.9%)

  England over the same years: +143.8%

40 official indicators are published for Bath and North East Somerset; 33 of them have a better and a worse direction and are ranked here. A rank of 1st is the best (lowest unemployment, highest pay, and so on).

Where it ranks best

• Claimant count · Economy & work1.9% (2025) · 14th lowest of 361
• No qualifications · Education & skills2.6% (2023) · 13th lowest of 293
• Adult obesity · Health & wellbeing17.2% (2024/25) · 19th lowest of 296
• Three-year business survival · Economy & work63.3% (2021) · 29th highest of 374

Where it ranks worst

• Anxiety · Health & wellbeing3.6 out of 10 (2022/23) · 318th lowest of 363
• Business births · Economy & work8.7% (2024) · 303rd highest of 361
• Gigabit broadband · Connectivity & access79.3% (January 2026) · 295th highest of 361
• Housing affordability · Housing9.8× earnings (April 2025) · 252nd lowest of 316

• Life expectancy (male) (2025)82.0 years · England 80.0 · 15th highest of 151
• Life expectancy (female) (2025)85.7 years · England 83.8 · 12th highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (male) (2022 - 24)65.3 years · England 60.9 · 13th highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (female) (2022 - 24)65.6 years · England 61.3 · 16th highest of 151
• Under-75 mortality, all causes (2025)249.3 per 100k · England 321.0 · 14th lowest of 151
• Adult smoking prevalence (2024)7.3% · England 10.4 · 14th lowest of 148
• Adults overweight or obese (2024/25)51.9% · England 64.6 · 9th lowest of 153

• School readiness (good development at Reception) (2024/25)72.6% · England 68.3 · 16th highest of 153
• GCSE Attainment 8 score (2024/25)47.4 score · England 46.0 · 48th highest of 153
• 16–17 year-olds NEET or activity not known (2025/26)4.8% · England 5.8 · 74th lowest of 150
• Children in absolute low-income families (2024/25)10.2% · England 19.8 · 12th lowest of 153