Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 34 min4:55 am – 9:29 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 54 min8:12 am – 4:05 pm
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People8,215 residentsin the Street Village census areaMedian age 43.43,787 households57% of homes owner-occupied31% owned outright19% social rented, 23% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.0% unemployment rate61% of adults are economically active, 3,922 in work, 25% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 22%, education 12%, health and social work 12%Getting to work: 21% work from home, 56% go by car, 1% take public transport, 20% walk or cycle60% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages27% of adults hold a degree or higher21% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 97%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 9°C, lows 2°C749 mm of rain a year, 20 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October37 days of air frost, 14 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)
Parks and green spacesMerriman Parkpark · under a mileWraxhill Parkpark · under a mileWirrall Parkpark · 1.5 mi · 6 haVictoria Athletic Fieldsports ground · under a mile · 3 haWood's Batch Recreation Groundplaying field · under a mile · 3 haGoss Drive Play Areaplaying field · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes58 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197011 of magnitude 3+, 1 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 25 Feb 197439 mi away, NewportMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 8 Feb 202620 mi away, Chard, SomersetSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 6.0 · PM2.5 5.6 · PM10 9.2 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband94% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)3,980 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation23 m75 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 4 to 43 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalWest Mendip Hospital3.0 miGP surgeryVine Surgery Partnership4 surgeries within 2 milesright herePharmacyTout's Pharmacy Street4 pharmacies within 2 milesright hereDentistHigh Street (Dental Surgery)right hereSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi10 schools6 primary, 1 secondary, 1 independent, 1 special, 1 otherPrimaryHindhayes Infant Schoolages 5-7, 165 pupilsunder a milePrimaryElmhurst Junior Schoolages 7-11, 210 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryCrispin School Academyages 11-16, 978 pupilsunder a mileCollegeUniversity Centre Somerset College Group10.7 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportBristol Airport BRS18 miRailway stationCastle Cary9.6 miBus stationCoach ParkStreetunder a mileFerryBridgwater Ferry Terminal11 miBus stops80 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the BA16 postcode district.
