Electoral wardE05010296

Portishead West ward, North Somerset

Portishead West is one of 35 electoral wards of North Somerset Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 9,161 residents in 3,897 households — 2,824 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Somerset constituency.

Residents, 20219,161council ward average 6,192

Households3,8972.35 residents per household

Density2,824/ km²about 3.24 km² · North Somerset 580

Aged 65+27.3%North Somerset: 23.9% · under 16: 17.0%

Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.5% · 413

5–95.7% · 519

10–156.8% · 622

16–193.6% · 333

20–243.9% · 361

25–347.9% · 722

35–4917.8% · 1,627

50–6422.5% · 2,062

65–7414.2% · 1,301

75–8410.1% · 923

85+3.0% · 278

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van9.1% · 354

1 car or van35.8% · 1,397

2 cars or vans40.7% · 1,586

3 or more14.4% · 561

Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright47.4% · 1,848

With mortgage34.4% · 1,341

Shared ownership0.6% · 22

Social rented7.7% · 299

Private rented9.8% · 383

Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house56.8% · 2,213

Semi-detached house20.9% · 816

Terraced house8.3% · 323

Purpose-built flat8.6% · 336

Converted house2.0% · 78

Other conversion2.0% · 77

Above shop / office0.3% · 10

Caravan, mobile1.2% · 46

Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS): E05010296
Council: North Somerset Council
Constituency: North Somerset
Region: South West
Density rank in council: 14 of 35

Parishes in the ward

Portishead

Other wards in the same constituency

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