Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 33 min4:56 am – 9:29 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 55 min8:11 am – 4:07 pm
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People5,766 residentsin the Curry Rivel & Fivehead census areaMedian age 52.22,484 households76% of homes owner-occupied49% owned outright11% social rented, 11% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.8% unemployment rate54% of adults are economically active, 2,522 in work, 34% retiredMain industries: health and social work 14%, retail and wholesale 13%, construction 11%Getting to work: 34% work from home, 60% go by car, 5% walk or cycle34% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages34% of adults hold a degree or higher15% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 9°C, lows 2°C760 mm of rain a year, 21 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October33 days of air frost, 15 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksHambridge Mill Streamriver · under a mileBine Hillhill · 1.2 miMill Streamriver · 1.9 miBurrow Hillhill · 1.5 miThe Grovewoodland · under a mileEarnshill Pondpond · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesCowleaze Meadowpark · 2.7 miCockle Moorpark · 3.5 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes40 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19708 of magnitude 3+, 1 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 25 Feb 197446 mi away, NewportMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 8 Feb 20269 mi away, Chard, SomersetSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: areas at Low risk within 500 m of the centrebetween a 1 in 1,000 and a 1 in 100 chance in any yearSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 4.1 · PM2.5 5.2 · PM10 9.1 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband42% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband93% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.1% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)2,655 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation25 m82 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 7 to 28 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalSouth Petherton Hospital3.7 miGP surgeryLangport Surgery3.8 miPharmacyAllied Pharmacy South Petherton3.6 miDentistDental Design LTD3.7 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi1 school1 primaryPrimaryHambridge Community Primary Schoolages 4-11, 104 pupilsright hereSecondaryHuish Episcopi Academyages 11-18, 1,192 pupils4.0 miCollegeYeovil College10.3 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportBristol Airport BRS28 miRailway stationCrewkerne8.8 miBus stationBus StationTaunton11 miFerryBridgwater Ferry Terminal12 miBus stops6 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the TA10 postcode district.
