North Somerset: local statistics
North Somerset is a unitary authority in the South West, home to an estimated 227,160 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over North Somerset, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
The ONS counted 10,065 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in North Somerset in March 2026, 1% more than in 2016. There are 44 per 1,000 residents, 21st of 27 in the South West, counting from the highest.
Full-time employees living in North Somerset earned a median £768.00 a week in April 2025, or £39,969 over a year. It is 9th of 26 in the South West, counting from the highest, and 4.6% more than across the South West. Jobs based in North Somerset paid a median £715.80 a week, £52.20 less than the figure for people who live there. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £551.10: a change of +39% before inflation.
In the year to March 2026, 18,369 offences were recorded by police in North Somerset: 80.9 per 1,000 people, the 7th highest rate of 19 in the South West. The rate was 81.6 in the year to March 2025. The highest rate in the series was 81.6, in the year to March 2025. Fraud is not included.
A typical home in North Somerset cost £313,638 in July 2026, on the UK House Price Index, up 3.8% on a year before. Among council areas that puts it close to the middle of the 26 council areas in the South West (12th highest) (regional average £302,298). Prices are 34% above July 2016 and at their highest July level in the series. The average price is 7.8 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in North Somerset. That ratio is mid-table in the South West, 16th of 26.
For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax bill in North Somerset is £2,491.22, up £196.28 on 2025-26. It is mid-table in the South West, 16th of 27. Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,510.21.
In 2022 to 2024, women in North Somerset had a life expectancy at birth of 84.2 years; for men it was 80.8 (England: 83.3 and 79.5). For women that is 0.4 years more than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.6 more. It is mid-table in the South West, 12th of 26.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 79.9% of North Somerset residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, with a margin of error of 3.0 points either way; the figure for the South West was 79.0%. Its lowest reading in the series was 77.2% and its highest 83.2%.
In August 2026, 3,275 people in North Somerset were on the claimant count, 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 (the South West: 2.7%). That compares with 2.4% a year before. Over the last five years it peaked at 3.4% in August 2021 and was lowest at 2.2% in August 2023.
227,160 people lived in North Somerset in mid-2025, according to the ONS, up 1.1% on a year earlier. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +7.9%; the South West grew by 8.0% over the same years. That is mid-table in the South West, 14th of 27. No earlier year in the series was higher.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 210,553 |
| 2016 | 212,660 |
| 2017 | 213,701 |
| 2018 | 214,360 |
| 2019 | 215,540 |
| 2020 | 215,850 |
| 2021 | 217,385 |
| 2022 | 219,054 |
| 2023 | 222,108 |
| 2024 | 224,667 |
| 2025 | 227,160 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £234,841 |
| July 2017 | £239,610 |
| July 2018 | £245,049 |
| July 2019 | £251,264 |
| July 2020 | £256,607 |
| July 2021 | £267,745 |
| July 2022 | £303,771 |
| July 2023 | £304,728 |
| July 2024 | £305,160 |
| July 2025 | £302,146 |
| July 2026 | £313,638 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £551.10 a week |
| 2016 | £574.00 a week |
| 2017 | £568.50 a week |
| 2018 | £578.70 a week |
| 2019 | £588.60 a week |
| 2020 | £626.20 a week |
| 2021 | £574.80 a week |
| 2022 | £643.10 a week |
| 2023 | £694.00 a week |
| 2024 | £750.90 a week |
| 2025 | £768.00 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,510.21 |
| 2017-18 | £1,573.05 |
| 2018-19 | £1,666.65 |
| 2019-20 | £1,730.92 |
| 2020-21 | £1,812.52 |
| 2021-22 | £1,900.22 |
| 2022-23 | £1,959.06 |
| 2023-24 | £2,062.11 |
| 2024-25 | £2,165.36 |
| 2025-26 | £2,294.94 |
| 2026-27 | £2,491.22 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 63.3 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 74.5 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 68.4 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 73.1 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 75.2 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 61.8 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 69.0 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 69.0 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 73.0 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 81.6 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 80.9 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 78.1% |
| 2016/17 | 81.2% |
| 2017/18 | 78.6% |
| 2018/19 | 80.7% |
| 2019/20 | 81.6% |
| 2020/21 | 82.0% |
| 2021/22 | 81.3% |
| 2022/23 | 83.2% |
| 2023/24 | 78.7% |
| 2024/25 | 77.2% |
| 2025/26 | 79.9% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 83.8 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 83.4 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 83.6 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 83.6 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 84.0 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 84.6 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 84.5 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 84.4 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 83.9 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 83.9 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 84.2 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 9,925 |
| 2017 | 10,120 |
| 2018 | 10,010 |
| 2019 | 10,145 |
| 2020 | 10,220 |
| 2021 | 10,295 |
| 2022 | 10,335 |
| 2023 | 10,375 |
| 2024 | 10,295 |
| 2025 | 10,005 |
| 2026 | 10,065 |
Questions about North Somerset
What is the average salary in North Somerset?
Median pay for full-time employees living in North Somerset was £768.00 a week in April 2025 (£39,969 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
What is the crime rate in North Somerset?
80.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, excluding fraud (Home Office).
What is the average house price in North Somerset?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £313,638.
How much is Band D council tax in North Somerset?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,491.22 for 2026-27.
What is life expectancy in North Somerset?
84.2 years for women and 80.8 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in North Somerset?
3,275 in August 2026 (2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
What is the population of North Somerset?
The ONS estimates 227,160 people lived in North Somerset in mid-2025.
Who has power over North Somerset
Every body that makes decisions for North Somerset, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- North Somerset council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- North Somerset in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- North Somerset: Sadik Al-Hassan (Labour) MP
- Wells and Mendip Hills: Tessa Munt (Liberal Democrat) MP
- Weston-super-Mare: Dan Aldridge (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the South West
- UK figures: UK average weekly earnings growth · Crime Survey for England and Wales: headline crime · UK average house price
- Other council areas in the South West: Bath and North East Somerset · East Devon · Plymouth · South Gloucestershire · Swindon · Torbay
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