Electoral wardE05014339
Bishop's Hull & Taunton West ward, Somerset
Bishop's Hull & Taunton West is one of 55 electoral wards of Somerset Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 10,962 residents in 5,133 households — 1,438 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Taunton and Wellington constituency.
Residents, 202110,962council ward average 10,392
Households5,1332.14 residents per household
Density1,438/ km²about 7.62 km² · Somerset 166
Aged 65+25.0%Somerset: 24.8% · under 16: 16.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.0% · 442
5–95.3% · 580
10–157.1% · 775
16–194.1% · 454
20–244.3% · 473
25–3412.9% · 1,410
35–4918.1% · 1,983
50–6419.2% · 2,107
65–7411.7% · 1,278
75–848.5% · 933
85+4.8% · 527
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van24.5% · 1,258
1 car or van44.5% · 2,283
2 cars or vans23.4% · 1,200
3 or more7.6% · 392
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Somerset overall: 67.4% owned, 13.7% social rented, 17.7% private rented.
Owned outright37.4% · 1,920
With mortgage24.5% · 1,260
Shared ownership1.1% · 57
Social rented13.1% · 673
Private rented23.8% · 1,220
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house24.2% · 1,242
Semi-detached house22.9% · 1,178
Terraced house22.8% · 1,170
Purpose-built flat20.5% · 1,053
Converted house5.3% · 271
Other conversion2.3% · 118
Above shop / office1.6% · 82
Caravan, mobile0.4% · 20
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014339- Council
- Somerset Council
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 14 of 55
Parishes in the ward
Bishop's HullNorton FitzwarrenTaunton
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
BBlackdown & Neroche26.6% aged 65+ · 71.7% owned10,906CComeytrowe & Trull30.2% aged 65+ · 76.3% owned10,060LLydeard20.1% aged 65+ · 71.8% owned10,935MMonkton & North Curry21.9% aged 65+ · 75.3% owned12,893RRowbarton & Staplegrove21.0% aged 65+ · 65.0% owned10,498TTaunton East14.7% aged 65+ · 42.7% owned12,017TTaunton North18.8% aged 65+ · 54.0% owned10,497TTaunton South21.8% aged 65+ · 61.7% owned11,284UUpper Tone30.2% aged 65+ · 76.0% owned9,413WWellington24.9% aged 65+ · 66.3% owned13,040
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.