Mendip has a population of 110,000, making it the largest place in Somerset.
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Somerset population trends, 2001–2024.
Mendip has no city status, making it the 37th largest town in the UK.
Mendip in context
Distances are straight-line from the settlement's recorded coordinates. The 10 km figure sums the recorded places within that radius, so it describes how built-up the surroundings are rather than people per square kilometre.
The centre of Mendip sits in postcode district BA5.
Council tax
The area Band D council tax for Somerset, the billing authority covering Mendip, is £2,561 for 2026–27.
From MHCLG's council tax statistics (Table 9): the area average including police, fire and parish precepts, so it is the council's figure rather than the town's, and your own band depends on your property's 1991 valuation.
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Nearby in Somerset
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taunton | 64,621 |
| 2 | Yeovil | 50,176 |
| 3 | Bridgwater | 41,276 |
| 4 | Frome | 26,203 |