BA5 3BY

Mendip West · Somerset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Somerset
Postcode district
BA5
Postcode sector
BA5 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BA5 1HT 74 m
BA5 1JH 218 m
BA5 1HP 940 m
BA5 1HW 970 m
BA5 1HU 1.0 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BA5 3BY
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 June 1996
Postcode area
BA
Postcode district
BA5
Postcode sector
BA5 3
Latitude
51.249705
Longitude
-2.710618
British National Grid easting
350,500
British National Grid northing
150,300

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Somerset · E06000066
Parish or community
E04008597
Westminster constituency
Wells and Mendip Hills · E14001572
Output area
E00147950
Lower layer super output area
Mendip 005A · E01029052
Middle layer super output area
Mendip 005 · E02006051

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
3
Primary
3
Secondary
0
  1. St Lawrence's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.5 km
  2. Priddy Primary School

    Community school

    2.5 km
  3. Draycott & Rodney Stoke Church of England First School

    Academy converter

    3.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
34
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 19
  • Burglary 4
  • Criminal damage and arson 4
  • Anti social behaviour 3
  • Other theft 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
BA5 3 residents
4,660

Age bands in BA5 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.8%

585 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.4%

315 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.6%

785 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.6%

1,292 residents

Age 65 and over
29.6%

1,252 residents

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.

Nearby transport

  • St.Lawrence Church

    BCT · Old Ditch

    1.0 miles
  • Roughmoor Lane

    BCT · Old Ditch

    1.0 miles
  • St. Lawrence Church

    BCT · Old Ditch

    1.0 miles
  • Bucklegrove Caravan Park

    BCT · Rodney Stoke

    1.0 miles
  • Bucklegrove Caravan Park

    BCT · Rodney Stoke

    1.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mendip 005A, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

15,152 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
2 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

3 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. St Lawrence's CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

34 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 19 events.

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