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Electoral wardE05010295

Portishead South ward, North Somerset

Portishead South is one of 35 electoral wards of North Somerset Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 4,143 residents in 1,941 households — 1,496 people per km², the 29th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Somerset constituency.

Residents, 20214,143council ward average 6,192
Households1,9412.13 residents per household
Density1,496/ km²about 2.77 km² · North Somerset 580
Aged 65+32.3%North Somerset: 23.9% · under 16: 16.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.4% · 182
5–95.1% · 211
10–156.9% · 284
16–193.3% · 136
20–243.3% · 137
25–348.5% · 354
35–4917.9% · 742
50–6418.3% · 760
65–7415.3% · 632
75–8411.4% · 473
85+5.6% · 232

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van17.4% · 337
1 car or van43.4% · 842
2 cars or vans30.6% · 593
3 or more8.7% · 169
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; North Somerset overall: 71.6% owned, 9.2% social rented, 18.4% private rented.

Owned outright52.9% · 1,026
With mortgage27.1% · 526
Shared ownership0.2% · 4
Social rented8.0% · 156
Private rented11.8% · 229

Type of home

Detached house40.6% · 789
Semi-detached house25.4% · 493
Terraced house10.0% · 194
Purpose-built flat21.3% · 413
Converted house1.5% · 29
Other conversion0.5% · 10
Above shop / office0.6% · 12
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 1
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05010295
Constituency
North Somerset
Region
South West
Density rank in council
19 of 35

Parishes in the ward

Portishead

Other wards in the same constituency

BBackwell23.9% aged 65+ · 83.3% owned4,815CClevedon East21.8% aged 65+ · 67.0% owned4,618CClevedon South22.7% aged 65+ · 73.1% owned4,200CClevedon Walton36.1% aged 65+ · 76.8% owned4,513CClevedon West30.0% aged 65+ · 69.6% owned3,863CClevedon Yeo22.4% aged 65+ · 80.1% owned4,208GGordano Valley32.7% aged 65+ · 88.8% owned4,166LLong Ashton23.1% aged 65+ · 81.5% owned8,943NNailsea Golden Valley27.5% aged 65+ · 89.7% owned4,264NNailsea West End29.5% aged 65+ · 76.7% owned3,247NNailsea Yeo30.3% aged 65+ · 72.0% owned3,968NNailsea Youngwood33.5% aged 65+ · 84.9% owned4,060PPill21.4% aged 65+ · 69.7% owned4,387PPortishead East11.8% aged 65+ · 66.4% owned8,253

All 35 wards of North Somerset

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.