BA21 5FW

Yeovil East · Somerset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Yeovil
Local authority
Somerset
Constituency
Yeovil
Postcode district
BA21
Postcode sector
BA21 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BA21 5FY 28 m
BA21 5GE 64 m
BA21 5GD 84 m
BA21 5FU 85 m
BA21 5FX 91 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BA21 5FW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2017
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BA
Postcode district
BA21
Postcode sector
BA21 5
Latitude
50.959323
Longitude
-2.604255
British National Grid easting
357,658
British National Grid northing
117,941

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Somerset · E06000066
Parish or community
E04008775
Westminster constituency
Yeovil · E14001603
Output area
E00186537
Lower layer super output area
South Somerset 011F · E01035122
Middle layer super output area
South Somerset 011 · E02006085

Postcode source versions

Explore BA21

5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Cavendish Close, Yeovil, BA21 5FW 25 August 2022 £395,000
4, Cavendish Close, Yeovil, BA21 5FW 16 June 2017 £264,995
2, Cavendish Close, Yeovil, BA21 5FW 16 June 2017 £271,995

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
21
Primary
15
Secondary
3
  1. Primrose Lane Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    183 m
  2. Birchfield Community Primary School

    Community school

    989 m
  3. Fairmead School

    Community special school

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,102
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 437
  • Shoplifting 238
  • Anti social behaviour 118
  • Criminal damage and arson 74
  • Public order 72

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
9

5 female, 4 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
2.3
BA21 5 residents
11,613

Age bands in BA21 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.7%

2,334 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.7%

1,264 residents

Age 25 to 44
29%

3,437 residents

Age 45 to 64
23.7%

2,808 residents

Age 65 and over
16.9%

1,999 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BA21 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

4

within 5 km

  • OAKLANDS SURGERY

    BIRCHFIELD ROAD, YEOVIL, BA21 5RL

    ODS code L85064

    1.1 km

  • PENN HILL SURGERY, YEOVIL

    ST. NICHOLAS CLOSE, YEOVIL, BA20 1SB

    ODS code L85017

    3.0 km

  • DIAMOND HEALTH GROUP

    74 HENDFORD, YEOVIL, BA20 1UJ

    ODS code L85022

    3.3 km

  • PRESTON GROVE MEDICAL CENTRE, YEOVIL

    PRESTON GROVE, YEOVIL, BA20 2BQ

    ODS code L85015

    3.4 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Drake Road

    BCT · Yeovil

    0.1 miles
  • Raleigh Road

    BCT · Yeovil

    0.2 miles
  • Compton Close

    BCT · Yeovil

    0.3 miles
  • Great Mead

    BCT · Yeovil

    0.3 miles
  • Lyde Road

    BCT · Yeovil

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Somerset 011F, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,949 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
10 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £395,000 from 1 recorded sale in BA21 5FW. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Somerset is £281,571 in June 2026, up 4.5% year on year.

Schools

21 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 3 secondary schools. Primrose Lane Primary School is the nearest published school at 183 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

1,102 published events cover 12 months, averaging 91.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 437 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.