Sherborne

Sherborne is an interesting historic town. Dominated by its Abbey, it has many fine buildings of architectural note, including the 17th century Sherborne Castle.

The famous Sherborne School and Abbey date back to the 8th century, originally built by St Aldhelm. More modern aspects of the town include the main line rail station on the London to Salisbury-Exeter route and a new Sainsbury's retail store.

Communications

Sherborne lies on the A30. It also has direct rail links to London and Exeter.

Education

Sherborne pyramid area:
8 primary schools, 1 secondary school.
The secondary school for the town
The Gryphon School (1,596 pupils - 2011)

For more information on Gryphon School (opens in a new window)

Also Sherborne School for Girls and Sherborne School (Public Schools)

Commercial land

Between 1994-10, 3.6 hectares of land has been developed in Sherborne. The total area of land with permission or allocated in local plans is 6.55 hectares.

Crime

Domestic burglaries

Rate per 1,000 households

Area	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06	2006/07	2007/08	2008/2009	2009/10
Sherborne	9.4	14.2	3.8	6.0	2.6	n/a	2.6	2.6
DCC Dorset	6.6	6.6	6.5	5.7	4.4	n/a	4.1	3.8
South West	14.8	12.3	10.7	8.9	8.4	n/a	8.2	7.6
England and Wales	20.0	18.6 (GB)	14.4	13.5	13.1	n/a	12.2	11.6

Note: Due to small numbers burglary rates for small geographical areas (e.g. towns) can vary significantly from year to year.
Source: Dorset County Council

Other sources of crime data

Access the Police crime mapping Sherborne (opens in a new window) where you can find crime data on a month by month basis (starting December 2010) mapped to neighbourhood and street level. This looks at the crime types of burglary, anti-social behaviour, robbery, vehicle crime, violent crime and other crime. Note this comprehensive and up-to-date database only looks at numbers of crimes and not crime rates for individual crimes. It does give an overall crime rate (per 1,000 people) for the neighbourhood.

Population

Latest population figure (2010 mid year estimate) for the town (Sherborne Parish) is 9,590

Year	1921	1931	1951	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001
Census population (enumerated)	6,400	6,540	5,990	6,050	7,270	7,570	8,740	9,310

Housing growth

Year	98	99	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Housing development	90	92	63	46	27	13	24	69	62	36	15	13	6

The 2001 Census records 4,164 dwellings in Sherborne
Since 2001, a further 265 have been built giving a total of 4,429.
At March 2010, a further 112 units have permission and 270 units are allocated in the local plan.

Note Figures allow for losses from re-development etc. Method revised 2009.

Index of deprivation, 2007

(Figures show LSOA ranking out of 247 LSOAs in Dorset with 1 being the most deprived)

SOA	Multiple	Income	Employment	Health	Education & skills	Housing &Services	Crime	Living
Sherborne East Coldharbour	141	104	57	56	200	168	157	161
Sherborne East Gryphon	20	19	21	22	15	171	69	64
Sherborne East Newlands	153	121	77	83	241	195	33	118
Sherborne West Abbey	133	158	183	123	209	82	99	10
Sherborne West Lenthay	212	195	132	163	196	201	111	197
Sherborne West Marston	136	182	71	82	151	107	125	63
Sherborne West Westbridge	73	43	70	58	18	225	169	105

Index of deprivation, 2010

	Multiple	Income	Employment	Health	Education & skills	Housing & services	crime	Living
Sherborne East Coldharbour	151	93	64	108	145	194	197	163
Sherborne East Gryphon	20	12	15	31	18	175	86	61
Sherborne East Newlands	181	159	130	82	228	224	61	123
Sherborne West Abbey	120	146	161	107	203	93	83	11
Sherborne West Lenthay	191	189	87	120	212	199	95	203
Sherborne West Marston	131	119	86	74	197	132	141	62
Sherborne West Westbridge	77	54	96	61	22	234	165	100

LSOA = Lower Super Output Area (minimum 400 households or 1,000 population)
Click here for detailed information on the definitions and mapping of the The Index of Deprivation, 2010

Source: DCLG

Average house prices

Dwelling type	Average Price July - Sept 2009	Average Price July - Sept 2010	July - Sept 2010 (sales)
Detached	£324,698	£385,857	21
Semi-detached	£218,769	£186,421	7
Terraced	£198,533	£201,029	17
Flats/maisonettes	n/a	n/a	0

Land Registry average prices (Prices may be affected by low number of sales) Data based on postcode sectors DT9 3, DT9 4 and DT9 6

Area

Approx. 'built-up' area = 340 hectares (840 acres)

Local authority revenue

Council tax band D for Year	Council tax payable
11/12	£1,653.68
10/11	£1,648.69
09/10	£1,601.87
08/09	£1,544.86
07/08	£1,479.42
06/07	£1,411.00
05/06	£1,348.41
04/05	£1,296.87
03/04	£1,224.13
02/03	£1,068.97
01/02	£978.55
00/01	£897.03
99/00	£872.18

Second/holiday and vacant homes, 2010

Total dwellings on Council Tax Register	4,493
Total number of second homes	100
Second homes as a % of total dwellings	2.27
Total number of long term empty properties	50
Empty homes as a % of total dwellings	1.11

Source: Council Tax Register (parish figure, rounded)

Population 2010: Mid Year Estimates

Gender breakdown	DCC Dorset	Sherborne
Resident Population	404,790	9,590
Males	196,420	4,560
Females	208,370	5,030

Age structure (%): 2010 Mid Year Estimates

Age range	DCC Dorset	Sherborne
0-15	17.0	20.4
16+17	2.7	7.2
18-44	25.4	21.1
45-59	20.9	16.0
60-84	30.0	29.3
85+	3.9	5.9

Ethnicity (%) - 2001 Census data

Ethnicity	DCC Dorset	Sherborne
White British	96.0	92.7
BME	3.2	7.3

Health: 2001 Census data

Health category	DCC Dorset	Sherborne
% with Long-term Illness / Disability	19.2	19.6
Health: % Good	68.1	69.1
Health: % Not Good	8.4	8.0
% Providing Unpaid Care	10.8	8.7

Poverty Indicators: Housing/Council Tax Benefit: 2009

Benefit population	DCC Dorset	Sherborne
as a % of total town population	13.6	14.2

Socio-economic classifications, 2010 ACORN

Classifications	DCC Dorset	Sherborne
% Wealthy Achievers	40.1	19.3
% Urban Prosperity	7.1	0.5
% Comfortably Off	33.2	52.9
% Moderate Means	9.2	9.4
% Hard Pressed	10.2	17.4
% unclassified	0.2	0.5

ACORN is a geodemographic segmentation of the UK's population which segments small neighbourhoods, postcodes, or consumer households into 5 categories, 17 groups and 56 types.
The 5 higher level categories "wealthy achievers", "urban prosperity", "comfortably off", "moderate means" and "hard pressed" are shown above.

An full ACORN profile for the town with maps of the 2 wards is available. Access the Sherborne ACORN Profile (pdf, 817kb) (opens in a new window) here

Retail profile - total town floorspace

122 shops/128,000sq.ft. (2005)
The town is only 5 miles from Yeovil, which has substantial shopping facilities.

Town centre:

Mainly small shops but includes Nationals such as Boots, New Look, Sainsbury's.

Catchment population

The shopping catchment for Sherborne (major food shopping) extends around 5 miles in a N,S, E direction but only a very short distance to the west. The population within that catchment is around 14,100 (Mid 2001).

Library - Number of issues of books etc

Library	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11
Sherborne	118,084	114,720	106,717	98,497

Industrial estates

South Western Business Park (4.1h), Coldharbour Business Park (3.6h), Sherborne Business Centre (0.6h)

Unemployment % (persons)

Year	Male	Female	Total
July 1997	4.1 (75)	1.6 (24)	2.9 (99)
July 1998	3.1 (58)	1.2 (18)	2.2 (76)
July 1999	2.7 (49)	1.1 (18)	2.0 (67)
July 2000	2.2 (41)	0.8 (13)	1.6 (54)
July 2001	1.6 (30)	0.6 (10)	1.2 (40)
July 2002	1.3 (26)	0.4 (7)	0.9 (33)
July 2003	1.3 (28)	0.5 (10)	1.0 (38)
July 2004	1.1 (27)	0.4 (9)	0.7(36)
July 2005	1.2 (31)	0.5 (11)	0.9 (42)
July 2006	1.2 (31)	0.6 (16)	0.9 (47)
July 2007	1.0 (25)	0.4 (10)	0.7 (35)
July 2008	0.8 (20)	0.3 (8)	0.5 (28)
July 2009	1.7 (45)	1.0 (27)	1.4 (72)
July 2010	1.7 (43)	0.7 (18)	1.2 (61)

Of July 2009 unemployment figures, the long-term unemployed = 2.8%
Of July 2010 unemployment figures, the long-term unemployed = 8.2%

2009 employment

Total number of people working in the town: 5,100 Number of firms (excluding the self-employed): 410

Work pattern	percentage
Full-time	57%
Part-time	43%

Type of employment	%
Manufacturing and other non service	9
Construction	3
Accommodation & Food Service activities	7
Other Services	5
Distribution including motor	20
Finance and business services	13
Public administration, Ed and Health	43

Source: Annual Source: Business Register and Employment Survey, 2009, ONS

Major employers

Carlisle Process Systems, Dorset County Council,
P D Interglass Technologies, Sainsburys, Sherborne School, Sherborne School
for Girls, St Antony's Leweston Schools, Yeatman Hospital.

Traffic Counts in the Sherborne area - annual average daily traffic

Road	Location	AADF (Annual Average Daily Traffic)							Percentage Growth Since
No.		1983	1990	2000	2005	2008	2009	2010	2009	2008	2005	2000	1990	1983
									1 Year	2 year	5 Years	10 Years	20 Years	27 Years

A352	Longburton - South of A3030	3,600	5,000	5,100	5,700	5,600	5,600	5,600	0%	0%	-2%	10%	12%	56%
A30	West of Sherborne	10,200	13,300	13,600	14,900	15,100	14,800	15,100	2%	0%	1%	11%	14%	48%
B3148	North West of Sherborne	2,000	2,400	2,800	3,300	2,600	2,600	2,600	0%	0%	-21%	-7%	8%	30%
B3145	North of Sherborne	2,200	3,000	3,100	3,400	3,500	3,500	3,500	0%	0%	3%	13%	17%	59%
A3030	North Wootton	3,400	4,300	4,600	4,750	4,800	4,700	4,700	0%	-2%	-1%	2%	9%	38%
A30	East of Sherborne	6,800	8,400	8,600	9,600	9,300	9,400	9,300	-1%	0%	-3%	8%	11%	37%