Electoral wardE05014340
Blackdown & Neroche ward, Somerset
Blackdown & Neroche is one of 55 electoral wards of Somerset Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 10,906 residents in 4,641 households — 87 people per km², the 18th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Taunton and Wellington constituency.
Residents, 202110,906council ward average 10,392
Households4,6412.35 residents per household
Density87/ km²about 125.07 km² · Somerset 166
Aged 65+26.6%Somerset: 24.8% · under 16: 16.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.6% · 501
5–95.6% · 608
10–156.5% · 709
16–193.7% · 399
20–243.8% · 414
25–349.6% · 1,045
35–4916.2% · 1,765
50–6423.5% · 2,560
65–7414.1% · 1,539
75–849.0% · 982
85+3.5% · 385
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van9.7% · 451
1 car or van37.1% · 1,721
2 cars or vans35.1% · 1,627
3 or more18.1% · 842
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Somerset overall: 67.4% owned, 13.7% social rented, 17.7% private rented.
Owned outright41.9% · 1,946
With mortgage29.7% · 1,380
Shared ownership1.7% · 81
Social rented13.3% · 619
Private rented13.1% · 606
Lives rent free0.2% · 9
Type of home
Detached house44.5% · 2,064
Semi-detached house27.8% · 1,289
Terraced house17.1% · 793
Purpose-built flat5.9% · 275
Converted house0.8% · 38
Other conversion0.6% · 30
Above shop / office0.3% · 13
Caravan, mobile3.0% · 137
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014340- Council
- Somerset Council
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 46 of 55
Parishes in the ward
BickenhallChurchstantonCorfeCurlandHatch BeauchampOrchard PortmanOtterfordPitminsterRuishtonStaple FitzpaineStoke St. MaryThornfalconWellingtonWest BucklandWest Hatch
Other wards in the same constituency
BBishop's Hull & Taunton West25.0% aged 65+ · 62.0% owned10,962CComeytrowe & 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.