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Wards of Somerset Council

Somerset Council is divided into 55 electoral wards, spread over 7 Westminster constituencies. At the 2021 Census they had 571,543 residents in 250,125 households, 166 people per km². 24.8% were aged 65 or over and 67.4% of households owned their home.

Wards55
Average ward10,392residents
Under 1616.9%
No car or van14.0%
WardResidentsHouseholdsPeople / km²Aged 65+OwnedNo carConstituency
Bishop's Hull & Taunton West10,9625,1331,43825.0%62.0%24.5%Taunton and Wellington
Blackdown & Neroche10,9064,6418726.6%71.7%9.7%Taunton and Wellington
Blackmoor Vale9,2044,0989928.3%71.3%7.8%Glastonbury and Somerton
Brent10,0944,23111228.2%81.1%6.8%Bridgwater, Wells and Mendip Hills
Bridgwater East & Bawdrip12,2915,33833619.6%70.8%10.4%Bridgwater
Bridgwater North & Central11,0824,5653,07314.0%46.5%27.3%Bridgwater
Bridgwater South12,0185,2624,84217.3%45.9%30.1%Bridgwater
Bridgwater West11,1994,6614,23617.2%63.5%13.9%Bridgwater
Brympton9,4254,02176515.4%66.0%9.8%Glastonbury and Somerton, Yeovil
Burnham on Sea North9,8034,6892,05635.6%73.1%17.9%Bridgwater
Cannington9,3324,0078829.1%79.7%8.5%Bridgwater
Castle Cary10,5474,2708527.5%71.7%9.0%Glastonbury and Somerton
Chard North10,6834,72418025.6%67.3%14.1%Yeovil
Chard South8,7343,86851326.8%64.6%17.6%Yeovil
Cheddar9,3654,06220026.5%74.7%10.7%Wells and Mendip Hills
Coker9,4174,24811430.3%74.6%8.7%Glastonbury and Somerton, Yeovil
Comeytrowe & Trull10,0604,44176630.2%76.3%14.7%Taunton and Wellington
Crewkerne8,9994,15529128.5%69.7%13.3%Yeovil
Curry Rivel & Langport10,7534,7669230.6%74.9%7.2%Glastonbury and Somerton
Dulverton & Exmoor7,9283,7641636.6%65.6%9.4%Tiverton and Minehead
Dunster8,7344,0247133.9%67.5%14.2%Tiverton and Minehead
Frome East13,1285,49054618.1%66.0%15.1%Frome and East Somerset
Frome North9,6564,28619227.4%77.5%9.3%Frome and East Somerset
Frome West10,5584,7021,17020.7%59.3%20.4%Frome and East Somerset
Glastonbury8,9804,30644325.3%63.6%19.0%Glastonbury and Somerton
Highbridge & Burnham South10,0434,4862,34426.3%60.9%21.3%Bridgwater
Huntspill9,8284,27416428.7%77.5%8.1%Bridgwater, Wells and Mendip Hills
Ilminster10,4804,77212530.8%72.4%11.6%Yeovil
King Alfred9,8304,1407130.3%83.6%5.0%Bridgwater, Wells and Mendip Hills
Lydeard10,9354,46817420.1%71.8%8.3%Taunton and Wellington, Tiverton and Minehead
Martock10,5534,69220825.7%67.3%10.2%Glastonbury and Somerton
Mendip Central and East9,4843,9426024.4%73.1%7.4%Frome and East Somerset
Mendip Hills9,8643,9556424.7%73.9%6.2%Frome and East Somerset, Wells and Mendip Hills
Mendip South9,2703,8816026.7%75.7%5.7%Frome and East Somerset, Glastonbury and Somerton, Wells and Mendip Hills
Mendip West10,1274,2037625.6%76.5%6.8%Wells and Mendip Hills
Minehead8,6424,1751,00137.1%66.9%21.9%Tiverton and Minehead
Monkton & North Curry12,8935,34017621.9%75.3%6.2%Taunton and Wellington
North Petherton10,4564,19215417.8%70.2%8.5%Bridgwater
Rowbarton & Staplegrove10,4984,51260421.0%65.0%15.5%Taunton and Wellington
Shepton Mallet11,1704,91166419.7%64.0%14.1%Wells and Mendip Hills
Somerton10,2954,53311630.7%75.6%9.0%Glastonbury and Somerton
South Petherton & Islemoor10,4204,69813031.4%73.4%7.9%Glastonbury and Somerton, Yeovil
Street12,7065,2581,08821.2%63.6%16.4%Glastonbury and Somerton
Taunton East12,0175,4834,41314.7%42.7%28.4%Taunton and Wellington
Taunton North10,4974,6183,09618.8%54.0%20.8%Taunton and Wellington
Taunton South11,2844,9713,18821.8%61.7%18.4%Taunton and Wellington
Upper Tone9,4134,0516430.2%76.0%7.1%Taunton and Wellington, Tiverton and Minehead
Watchet & Stogursey9,6364,48711233.1%63.4%16.0%Tiverton and Minehead
Wellington13,0405,8781,80624.9%66.3%15.6%Taunton and Wellington
Wells11,1455,3622,03730.8%67.7%19.7%Wells and Mendip Hills
Wincanton & Bruton11,7925,07611522.4%63.4%11.1%Glastonbury and Somerton
Yeovil Central11,0414,8893,45422.8%61.8%21.5%Yeovil
Yeovil East11,5994,9254,23016.0%55.4%17.4%Yeovil
Yeovil South10,3324,7082,12721.7%62.6%20.9%Yeovil
Yeovil West8,3953,4931,26119.7%63.4%15.6%Yeovil
55 wards · Census 2021 (ONS, Nomis) · ward boundaries: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0

Westminster constituencies

Number of Somerset wards in each (a ward may be split).

GGlastonbury and Somerton12 wards in total12TTaunton and Wellington11 wards in total11BBridgwater11 wards in total11YYeovil11 wards in total11WWells and Mendip Hills13 wards in total9TTiverton and Minehead15 wards in total6FFrome and East Somerset12 wards in total6

Council offices

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Wards: ONS Open Geography Portal (WD26 lookups) · Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis · Open Government Licence v3.0Back to Somerset