Property market | £349,326 for a semi-detached property | |
Airport access | Closest airport is Bristol (12.5 miles) | |
Broadband | 47.7mbps average broadband speeds (average broadband for UK) | |
Ethnic diversity | White: 95.7% residents (vs 81.7% England & Wales) Other: 4.3% residents (vs 18.3% England & Wales) | |
Socio-economic status | Ranked 303 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 397 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Weston-Super-Mare level) | |
Community | Median age is 46.0 | Happiness is Above Average for Somerset, Average for UK | |
Crime | 3.0 burglaries per 1k people (North Somerset) | |
Commute (approx) | - Bristol Temple Meads (23 mins) - Cardiff Central (87 mins) | |
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£349,326 for a semi-detached property | |
Closest airport is Bristol (12.5 miles) | |
47.7mbps average broadband speeds (average broadband for UK) | |
Median age is 46.0 | Happiness is Above Average for Somerset, Average for UK | |
Ranked 303 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 397 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Weston-Super-Mare level) | |
3.0 burglaries per 1k people (North Somerset) | |
- Bristol Temple Meads (23 mins) - Cardiff Central (87 mins) | |
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The property market in Birnbeck Island has had a steep increase over the last few years but slowing growth. Based on data published on 15 November 2023, on average a detached house costs £540,940, which is up 1.4% on last year. A semi-detached house on average costs £349,326 (down -0.4% on last year) , a terraced house £272,841 (down -0.9% on last year) and a flat £192,320. Renting a two bedroom flat will cost you approximately £741 per month. Property prices in Birnbeck Island are similar to the average property prices across Somerset and are a little higher compared to other locations with a similar density in England. When looking at the annual change in property prices in Birnbeck Island, prices have decreased, while prices increased across the Somerset region.
Property data is based on North Somerset level pricing data and is as at September 2023 (publicised 15 November 2023)
Detached and Semi-detached House Trend (£) to September 2023
County | Avg Detached Price | Annual Change | Avg Semi-Detached Price | Annual Change |
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Rutland | £557,774 | +11.3% | £341,529 | +11.7% |
Northumberland | £333,743 | +7.3% | £183,403 | +6.1% |
Lancashire | £326,887 | +4.3% | £195,848 | +3.4% |
Leicestershire | £432,076 | +3.9% | £262,308 | +3.0% |
Derbyshire | £340,545 | +3.7% | £209,276 | +2.9% |
Oxfordshire | £706,629 | +3.5% | £450,305 | +3.5% |
Merseyside | £340,051 | +3.4% | £214,398 | +2.4% |
Gloucestershire | £536,963 | +3.4% | £330,457 | +3.4% |
Nottinghamshire | £334,429 | +2.8% | £206,257 | +2.8% |
Wiltshire | £521,688 | +2.7% | £328,877 | +3.0% |
Greater Manchester | £396,806 | +2.7% | £254,125 | +2.3% |
West Yorkshire | £351,673 | +2.5% | £210,889 | +2.0% |
West Midlands | £407,684 | +2.2% | £245,250 | +2.4% |
East Riding of Yorkshire | £326,098 | +2.2% | £203,163 | +2.1% |
Staffordshire | £364,884 | +2.1% | £221,783 | +2.1% |
Herefordshire | £434,518 | +2.1% | £276,148 | +2.2% |
South Yorkshire | £284,409 | +2.0% | £182,869 | +1.9% |
West Sussex | £686,980 | +1.9% | £441,716 | +2.3% |
Kent | £619,795 | +1.8% | £386,201 | +1.4% |
Shropshire | £404,408 | +1.8% | £252,891 | +1.8% |
Warwickshire | £515,326 | +1.8% | £299,238 | +1.3% |
Devon | £503,963 | +1.6% | £337,624 | +2.3% |
North Yorkshire | £422,027 | +1.5% | £265,231 | +1.2% |
Norfolk | £406,137 | +1.4% | £267,820 | +1.2% |
North Northamptonshire | £426,370 | +1.3% | £254,947 | +1.2% |
Buckinghamshire | £853,940 | +1.2% | £460,891 | +1.2% |
West Northamptonshire | £478,844 | +0.9% | £279,006 | +0.7% |
Hampshire | £628,455 | +0.6% | £386,140 | +1.0% |
Lincolnshire | £307,354 | +0.6% | £205,466 | +1.4% |
Worcestershire | £455,558 | +0.6% | £276,201 | +0.9% |
Essex | £586,972 | +0.4% | £379,804 | 0.0% |
Somerset | £465,131 | +0.3% | £296,160 | +0.7% |
Suffolk | £454,636 | +0.2% | £283,920 | +0.6% |
East Sussex | £595,763 | +0.1% | £385,074 | +0.4% |
Cambridgeshire | £486,349 | 0.0% | £330,028 | +0.2% |
Surrey | £957,680 | -0.2% | £546,201 | +0.7% |
Isle of Wight | £435,441 | -0.4% | £298,787 | 0.0% |
Hertfordshire | £939,983 | -0.7% | £542,021 | -0.2% |
Cornwall | £453,159 | -1.1% | £300,170 | -0.6% |
Dorset | £528,863 | -1.3% | £348,080 | -0.8% |
Recent property transactions in the area
Listed below are some recent property purchases in the area, to give you an idea of the market. Click on a postcode if you would like to see data on that specific area of Birnbeck Island, or click here to browse the longer list of Birnbeck Island property transactions from 2023.
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Birnbeck Island has a few schools nearby to choose from. We did not find any secondary schools, but there are some primary school options, including Walliscote Primary School (Academy) which is a primary school based in Walliscote Road, Weston-Super-Mare. Example schools in the area are listed below, with some information on their rating and access criteria.
School | Type | Latest Rating | Parent View Reviews (if available) | Ofsted Report (if available) | Address |
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Walliscote Primary School Save school | Primary Academy converter - Mixed | 2: Good (3/23/2022) | 11 submissions 91.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy | Ofsted Report Link | Weston-Super-Mare |
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School Save school | Primary Voluntary aided school - Mixed | Weston-super-Mare | |||
Ashbrooke House School Save school | Primary Other independent school - Mixed | Weston-super-Mare |
School | Type |
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Walliscote Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (3/23/2022) 11 submissions 91.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy |
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary |
Ashbrooke House School Ofsted report Save school | Primary |
Station | Distance from Birnbeck Island | Commute options |
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Weston-super-Mare | 2 miles |
- Bristol Temple Meads (33 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Cardiff Central (1 change(s) - 101 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Reading (3 change(s) - 112 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 119 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Paddington (3 change(s) - 138 mins - Great Western Railway - £1527 monthly fare) View details |
Weston Milton A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed -4% from the previous year. | 3 miles |
- Bristol Temple Meads (31 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Cardiff Central (1 change(s) - 95 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Reading (3 change(s) - 110 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 124 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Paddington (3 change(s) - 137 mins - Great Western Railway - £1527 monthly fare) View details |
Worle A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed +3% from the previous year. | 5 miles |
- Bristol Temple Meads (26 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Cardiff Central (1 change(s) - 92 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Reading (3 change(s) - 104 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 119 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Paddington (3 change(s) - 131 mins - Great Western Railway - £1472 monthly fare) View details |
The table below lists ethnicities living in the local authority (North Somerset) as per the data published in December 2022. Source: ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk
Ethnicity | % of North Somerset residents | Benchmark:% of England & Wales residents |
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White | 95.7% | 81.7% |
Mixed | 1.7% | 2.9% |
Asian | 1.5% | 9.3% |
Other | 0.6% | 2.1% |
Black | 0.5% | 4.0% |
The table below lists the types of occupations that residents have, at the Weston-Super-Mare consituency level. Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
Type of occupation | % of residents (over 16 years old) | Rank within England & Wales |
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Intermediate occupations | 12.1% | |
Small employers and own account workers | 11.1% | |
Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 11.2% | 303 out of 573 |
Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 20.2% | |
Lower supervisory and technical occupations | 6.0% | |
Semi-routine occupations | 14.4% | |
Routine occupations | 13.1% | |
Never worked / long-term unemployed | 6.4% | 397 out of 573 |
Full-time students | 5.4% |
Relative to the UK average, the average broadband download speed in Somerset is average (49mbps). Birnbeck Island is consistent with this, with average download speeds of 47.7mbps. You can also view really detailed broadband information at the Weston-Super-Mare level, via data.parliament.uk, here.
Average speed | 47.7 mbps |
% households with superfast broadband access | 90.5% |
% households unable to access decent broadband | 1.7% |
Crime stats were found at the North Somerset level:
Type | North Somerset | UK |
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Total Crimes (per thousand people) | 70 | 93 |
Burglaries (per thousand people) | 3 | 5 |
Public Order Offences (per thousand people) | 10 | 10 |
Bicycle Thefts (per thousand people) | 1 | 1 |
Violence Against People (per thousand people) | 29 | 36 |
We use an API provided by Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to identify any live flood warnings to be aware of and we also provide insight into whether flooding could occur from rivers, sea and groundwater within 1km of Birnbeck Island.
There are no live flood warnings in the area, according to our interpretation of the DEFRA API.
The areas in the table below have been identified by the DEFRA API as areas where it is possible for flooding to occur from rivers, sea and in some locations, groundwater. Some of these areas will have measures in place to minimise the risk of flooding and they may be monitored by the Flood Warning Service.
Area | Cause | Description |
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Wessex | Bristol Channel | Coastal and tidal areas at Minehead, Combwich, Bridgwater, Burnham-on-Sea, Uphill, Weston-super-Mare, Kewstoke, Sand Bay and Kingston Seymour |
Wessex | Congresbury Yeo, Cheddar Yeo, River Axe, River Banwell | Rivers in North Somerset including Congresbury Yeo, Cheddar Yeo, Axe and tributaries |
Wessex | Bristol Channel | Promenade including The Grand Pier, Tropicana and other seaward properties and the Marine Lake area, including Knightstone Island and Knightstone Causeway |
Wessex | Bristol Channel | Court Road, Myrtle Tree Crescent, St Bridges Close and Sand Farm Lane in Kewstoke and Sand Bay to Kewside and Lower Norton Lane to the south and Collum Lane to the east |
Wessex | Bristol Channel | Properties on Knightstone Road, Royal Parade, Marine Parade, Beach Road, West Street, High Street, Waterloo Street, Boulevard, Alfred Street, Meadow Street, Baker Street, Jubilee Road and George Street |
Wessex | Bristol Channel | Coastline between Kewstoke and Sand Point including seafront properties at Sand Point Farm area |
Name | Property market | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby | Socio Economic |
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Birnbeck Island, Somerset Affordability: Average Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £349,326 Detached: £540,940 | 70 | Primary: 3Secondary: | 11.2% residents in higher managerial positions 6.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Keynsham, Somerset Affordability: Expensive Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £475,955 Detached: £783,321 | 64 | Primary: 10Secondary: 3 | 15.1% residents in higher managerial positions 4.6% residents long-term unemployed |
Bath, Somerset Affordability: Expensive Outstanding schools Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose Local M&S | Semi-detached: £475,955 Detached: £783,321 | 64 | Primary: 23Secondary: 12 | N/A |
Weston-super-Mare, Somerset Affordability: Average Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £349,326 Detached: £540,940 | 70 | Primary: 12Secondary: 3 | 11.2% residents in higher managerial positions 6.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Clevedon, Somerset Affordability: Average Outstanding schools Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £349,326 Detached: £540,940 | 70 | Primary: 5Secondary: 1 | 18.7% residents in higher managerial positions 4.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Nailsea, Somerset Affordability: Average Slowing property market Local Waitrose Near the coast | Semi-detached: £349,326 Detached: £540,940 | 70 | Primary: 9Secondary: 3 | 18.7% residents in higher managerial positions 4.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Portishead, Somerset Affordability: Average Outstanding schools Slowing property market Local Waitrose Near the coast | Semi-detached: £349,326 Detached: £540,940 | 70 | Primary: 6Secondary: 1 | 18.7% residents in higher managerial positions 4.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Winscombe, Somerset Affordability: Average Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £349,326 Detached: £540,940 | 70 | Primary: 2Secondary: | N/A |
Bristol, Somerset Affordability: Average Outstanding schools Slowing property market Local M&S Near the coast | Semi-detached: £349,326 Detached: £540,940 | 70 | Primary: 33Secondary: 10 | N/A |
Mells, Somerset Affordability: Average Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £308,957 Detached: £486,240 | 82 | Primary: 1Secondary: | 13.0% residents in higher managerial positions 5.2% residents long-term unemployed |
Shepton Mallet, Somerset Affordability: Average Outstanding schools Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £308,957 Detached: £486,240 | 82 | Primary: 3Secondary: 1 | 11.9% residents in higher managerial positions 6.0% residents long-term unemployed |
Taunton, Somerset Affordability: Slowing property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £308,957 Detached: £486,240 | 82 | Primary: 19Secondary: 10 | 12.5% residents in higher managerial positions 5.7% residents long-term unemployed |
Wedmore, Somerset Affordability: Average Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £308,957 Detached: £486,240 | 82 | Primary: 1Secondary: | 11.9% residents in higher managerial positions 6.0% residents long-term unemployed |
Montacute, Somerset Affordability: Average Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £308,957 Detached: £486,240 | 82 | Primary: 3Secondary: 1 | 10.5% residents in higher managerial positions 5.7% residents long-term unemployed |
Ilminster, Somerset Affordability: Average Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £308,957 Detached: £486,240 | 82 | Primary: 2Secondary: | 10.5% residents in higher managerial positions 5.7% residents long-term unemployed |
Axbridge, Somerset Affordability: Average Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £308,957 Detached: £486,240 | 82 | Primary: 1Secondary: | 11.9% residents in higher managerial positions 6.0% residents long-term unemployed |
Name | Property | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby |
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Birnbeck Island, Somerset Affordability: Average Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £349,326 Detached: £540,940 | 70 | Primary: 3Secondary: |
Keynsham, Somerset Affordability: Expensive Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £475,955 Detached: £783,321 | 64 | Primary: 10Secondary: 3 |
Bath, Somerset Affordability: Expensive Outstanding schools Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose Local M&S | Semi-detached: £475,955 Detached: £783,321 | 64 | Primary: 23Secondary: 12 |
Weston-super-Mare, Somerset Affordability: Average Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £349,326 Detached: £540,940 | 70 | Primary: 12Secondary: 3 |
Clevedon, Somerset Affordability: Average Outstanding schools Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £349,326 Detached: £540,940 | 70 | Primary: 5Secondary: 1 |
Nailsea, Somerset Affordability: Average Slowing property market Local Waitrose Near the coast | Semi-detached: £349,326 Detached: £540,940 | 70 | Primary: 9Secondary: 3 |
Portishead, Somerset Affordability: Average Outstanding schools Slowing property market Local Waitrose Near the coast | Semi-detached: £349,326 Detached: £540,940 | 70 | Primary: 6Secondary: 1 |
Winscombe, Somerset Affordability: Average Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £349,326 Detached: £540,940 | 70 | Primary: 2Secondary: |
Bristol, Somerset Affordability: Average Outstanding schools Slowing property market Local M&S Near the coast | Semi-detached: £349,326 Detached: £540,940 | 70 | Primary: 33Secondary: 10 |
Mells, Somerset Affordability: Average Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £308,957 Detached: £486,240 | 82 | Primary: 1Secondary: |
Shepton Mallet, Somerset Affordability: Average Outstanding schools Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £308,957 Detached: £486,240 | 82 | Primary: 3Secondary: 1 |
Taunton, Somerset Affordability: Slowing property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £308,957 Detached: £486,240 | 82 | Primary: 19Secondary: 10 |
Wedmore, Somerset Affordability: Average Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £308,957 Detached: £486,240 | 82 | Primary: 1Secondary: |
Montacute, Somerset Affordability: Average Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £308,957 Detached: £486,240 | 82 | Primary: 3Secondary: 1 |
Ilminster, Somerset Affordability: Average Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £308,957 Detached: £486,240 | 82 | Primary: 2Secondary: |
Axbridge, Somerset Affordability: Average Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £308,957 Detached: £486,240 | 82 | Primary: 1Secondary: |
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