Property market | £475,955 for a semi-detached property | |
Airport access | Closest airport is Bristol (17.7 miles) | |
Broadband | 59.6mbps average broadband speeds (average broadband for UK) | |
Ethnic diversity | White: 92.2% residents (vs 81.7% England & Wales) Other: 7.8% residents (vs 18.3% England & Wales) | |
Socio-economic status | Ranked 172 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 553 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (North East Somerset level) | |
Community | Median age is 38.2 | Happiness is Above Average for Somerset, High for UK | |
Crime | 4.0 burglaries per 1k people (Bath and North East Somerset) | |
Commute (approx) | - Bristol Temple Meads (13 mins) - Cardiff Central (67 mins) - Reading (84 mins) | |
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£475,955 for a semi-detached property | |
Closest airport is Bristol (17.7 miles) | |
59.6mbps average broadband speeds (average broadband for UK) | |
Median age is 38.2 | Happiness is Above Average for Somerset, High for UK | |
Ranked 172 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 553 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (North East Somerset level) | |
4.0 burglaries per 1k people (Bath and North East Somerset) | |
- Bristol Temple Meads (13 mins) - Cardiff Central (67 mins) - Reading (84 mins) | |
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The property market in Sharpstone 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 £783,321, which is up 4.8% on last year. A semi-detached house on average costs £475,955 (up 3.5% on last year) , a terraced house £402,458 (up 3.1% on last year) and a flat £302,271. Renting a two bedroom flat will cost you approximately £997 per month. Property prices in Sharpstone are a little higher than the average property prices across Somerset and are much higher compared to other locations with a similar density in England. When looking at the annual change in property prices in Sharpstone, prices have risen much more quickly than the annual average price change seen across the Somerset region.
Property data is based on Bath and North East 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 Sharpstone, or click here to browse the longer list of Sharpstone property transactions from 2023.
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Sharpstone has a couple of schools nearby, including Monkton Senior School (Independent school) which is a secondary school based in Church Lane, Bath. 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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Freshford Church School Save school | Primary Academy converter - Mixed | 2: Good (7/3/2014) | 117 submissions 97.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy | Ofsted Report Link | Bath |
Monkton Senior School Save school | Secondary school Other independent school - Mixed | Bath |
School | Type |
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Freshford Church School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (7/3/2014) 117 submissions 97.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy |
Monkton Senior School Ofsted report Save school | Secondary school |
Station | Distance from Sharpstone | Commute options |
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Freshford A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +3% from the previous year. | Nearby |
- Bristol Temple Meads (31 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Reading (1 change(s) - 84 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Cardiff Central (95 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Paddington (1 change(s) - 112 mins - Great Western Railway - £1117 monthly fare) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 122 mins - CrossCountry) View details |
Avoncliff A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed -3% from the previous year. | 2 miles |
- Bristol Temple Meads (33 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Reading (1 change(s) - 86 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Cardiff Central (97 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Paddington (1 change(s) - 113 mins - Great Western Railway - £1117 monthly fare) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 124 mins - CrossCountry) View details |
Bath Spa A relatively busy station. Station footfall changed -1% from the previous year. | 5 miles |
- Bristol Temple Meads (23 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Reading (3 change(s) - 61 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Cardiff Central (78 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Paddington (3 change(s) - 91 mins - Great Western Railway - £1117 monthly fare) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 109 mins - CrossCountry) View details - London Waterloo (1 change(s) - 159 mins - South Western Railway - £1117 monthly fare) View details |
Oldfield Park A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed +11% from the previous year. | 5 miles |
- Bristol Temple Meads (21 mins - Great Western Railway - £150 monthly fare) View details - Reading (1 change(s) - 76 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Cardiff Central (1 change(s) - 83 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Paddington (1 change(s) - 104 mins - Great Western Railway - £1117 monthly fare) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 111 mins - CrossCountry) View details - London Waterloo (1 change(s) - 170 mins - South Western Railway - £1117 monthly fare) View details |
Trowbridge A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed -1% from the previous year. | 6 miles |
- Bristol Temple Meads (43 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Reading (1 change(s) - 78 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Cardiff Central (97 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Paddington (1 change(s) - 103 mins - Great Western Railway - £1117 monthly fare) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 129 mins - CrossCountry) View details - London Waterloo (1 change(s) - 140 mins - South Western Railway - £1117 monthly fare) View details |
The table below lists ethnicities living in the local authority (Bath and North East Somerset) as per the data published in December 2022. Source: ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk
Ethnicity | % of Bath and North East Somerset residents | Benchmark:% of England & Wales residents |
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White | 92.2% | 81.7% |
Asian | 3.3% | 9.3% |
Mixed | 2.7% | 2.9% |
Black | 1.0% | 4.0% |
Other | 0.8% | 2.1% |
The table below lists the types of occupations that residents have, at the North East Somerset 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 | 12.3% | |
Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 15.1% | 172 out of 573 |
Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 21.8% | |
Lower supervisory and technical occupations | 5.5% | |
Semi-routine occupations | 11.0% | |
Routine occupations | 10.9% | |
Never worked / long-term unemployed | 4.6% | 553 out of 573 |
Full-time students | 6.6% |
Relative to the UK average, the average broadband download speed in Somerset is average (49mbps). Sharpstone is faster than this, with average download speeds of 59.6mbps. You can also view really detailed broadband information at the North East Somerset level, via data.parliament.uk, here.
Average speed | 59.6 mbps |
% households with superfast broadband access | 85.9% |
% households unable to access decent broadband | 1.0% |
Crime stats were found at the Bath and North East Somerset level:
Type | Bath and North East Somerset | UK |
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Total Crimes (per thousand people) | 64 | 93 |
Burglaries (per thousand people) | 4 | 5 |
Public Order Offences (per thousand people) | 9 | 10 |
Bicycle Thefts (per thousand people) | 1 | 1 |
Violence Against People (per thousand people) | 23 | 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 Sharpstone.
The DEFRA API is currently reporting at least one flood warning in this area - please refer to the UK Government website for information on this.
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 | Somerset Frome, River Mells, Whatley Brook, Nunney Brook | River Frome and Mells, and the Whatley and Nunney Brooks and tributaries |
Wessex | Groundwater | Boscombe, Cholderton, Collingbourne Ducis, Hanging Langford, Hindon, Hurdcott, Idmiston, Newton Tony, Orcheston, Porton, Salisbury, Shipton Bellinger, Shrewton, Stratford Sub Castle, Tidworth, Tilshead, Tisbury, Wilton, Winterbourne Stoke and Woodford |
Wessex | Bristol River Avon, River Boyd, By Brook, Brislington Brook | Lower River Avon, River Boyd, By and Brislington Brooks and tributaries |
Wessex | River Cam, Wellow Brook, Midford Brook | River Cam, Wellow and Midford Brooks and tributaries |
Wessex | Bristol River Avon | Mid River Avon and tributaries including Melksham and Bradford on Avon |
Wessex | Somerset Frome | Spring Gardens to Freshford including Oldford, Lullington Weir, Beckington Mill, Eden Vale Farm, Shawford, Rode, Stowford Mill, Farleigh Hungerford, Iford Bridge and Friary |
Wessex | Bristol River Avon | Bristol Avon from Challymead Bridge to Bathford Bridge not including Bradford on Avon. Including Whaddon, Staverton, Avoncliff, Limpley Stoke and Claverton |
Wessex | Midford Brook, Cam Brook, Wellow Brook | Cam Brook including Temple Bridge, Hallatrow and Camerton. Wellow Brook from Lower Writhlington to Midford including Wellow and the Midford Brook including Midford and Monkton Combe Mill |
Name | Property market | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby | Socio Economic |
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Sharpstone, Somerset Affordability: Expensive Happiness High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £475,955 Detached: £783,321 | 64 | Primary: 1Secondary: 1 | 15.1% residents in higher managerial positions 4.6% 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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Sharpstone, Somerset Affordability: Expensive Happiness High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £475,955 Detached: £783,321 | 64 | Primary: 1Secondary: 1 |
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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