Bath and North East Somerset Council

Local authority area: Bath and North East Somerset

Bath and North East Somerset is an unitary authority, in the South West England region of England. It covers 345.7 km² and had 195,618 residents in 2022 — about 566 people per km². The authority dates from 1996. The council is based in Bath.

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Town hall in the administrative centreKeynsham Civic Centre, Bath

People

Population

Estimates recorded for Bath and North East Somerset, 2012–2022.

Residents, 2022195,618+10.1% since 2012

Land area345.7km²133.5 sq mi

Density566/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#134of 382 UK councils · #121 in England

Population estimates6 data points

177.6K182K184.9K192.1K193.4K195.6K

201220142015201820212022

History

How the council came to be

1996
Created
Formed from Avon.

Same region, same type

Other unitary authorities in South West

All councils in South West

Somerset576,852 Cornwall575,413 Wiltshire515,885 City of Bristol479,024 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole401,898 Dorset383,274 South Gloucestershire294,765 City of Plymouth266,862 Swindon235,657 North Somerset219,145 Torbay139,479 Isles of Scilly2,281

Elections

33 electoral wards

Census 2021: 193,411 residents in 79,248 households across the wards; 19.4% aged 65+, 65.3% of homes owned, 19.9% of households without a car.

1Bathwick2,535 households · 17.2% aged 65+8,069 2Widcombe & Lyncombe3,050 households · 19.9% aged 65+7,709 3Westmoreland2,724 households · 8.5% aged 65+7,524 4Odd Down2,965 households · 17.1% aged 65+7,307 5Keynsham South3,021 households · 16.1% aged 65+7,181 6Southdown2,876 households · 18.2% aged 65+7,081

All wards of Bath and North East Somerset

Visit

Council offices

Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.

CBath Film OfficeCouncil office · Bath BA1 1LZ · hours listed

Westminster

Constituencies

Bath · 16 wards North East Somerset and Hanham · 11 wards Frome and East Somerset · 6 wards

Source: Wikidata Q810793 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.