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Electoral wardE05012481

Paulton ward, Bath and North East Somerset

Paulton is one of 33 electoral wards of Bath and North East Somerset Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 6,503 residents in 2,714 households — 998 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North East Somerset and Hanham constituency.

Residents, 20216,503council ward average 5,861
Households2,7142.4 residents per household
Density998/ km²about 6.51 km² · Bath and North East Somerset 559
Aged 65+20.4%Bath and North East Somerset: 19.4% · under 16: 20.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.6% · 432
5–96.4% · 414
10–157.1% · 460
16–194.0% · 258
20–245.1% · 330
25–3414.3% · 933
35–4918.1% · 1,178
50–6418.0% · 1,172
65–7410.5% · 680
75–846.9% · 446
85+3.1% · 201

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van11.0% · 299
1 car or van39.1% · 1,062
2 cars or vans35.7% · 968
3 or more14.2% · 385
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Bath and North East Somerset overall: 65.3% owned, 14.3% social rented, 19.3% private rented.

Owned outright37.0% · 1,003
With mortgage35.3% · 958
Shared ownership2.1% · 57
Social rented11.8% · 320
Private rented13.8% · 374
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house21.6% · 586
Semi-detached house44.2% · 1,201
Terraced house22.5% · 611
Purpose-built flat8.8% · 239
Converted house1.3% · 34
Other conversion1.1% · 30
Above shop / office0.4% · 12
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.