Housing in BA7 7EF
What the homes in BA7 7EF are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Castle Cary & Kenton Mandeville
- Council
- Somerset
- Region
- South West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,651 (2024)
BA7 7EFCastle Cary
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (37.2%). Flats make up 20.9%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
49.4% of households in the BA7 7EF area own their home, below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 19.3% of households, broadly in line with the England figure of 20.5%. 29% own outright and 20.4% with a mortgage.
- Owned49.4%61.3%
- Shared ownership1.4%1%
- Private rented19.3%20.5%
- Social rented29.9%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.0 people living in it. 40.7% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is one person living alone aged 66 or over (22%). 22% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Somerset
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Somerset (August 2026, +6.2% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around BA7 7EF (Castle Cary & Kenton Mandeville) (about 1,651 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.