Electoral wardE05014343
Bridgwater East & Bawdrip ward, Somerset
Bridgwater East & Bawdrip is one of 55 electoral wards of Somerset Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 12,291 residents in 5,338 households — 336 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bridgwater constituency.
Residents, 202112,291council ward average 10,392
Households5,3382.3 residents per household
Density336/ km²about 36.55 km² · Somerset 166
Aged 65+19.6%Somerset: 24.8% · under 16: 18.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.2% · 761
5–96.0% · 734
10–155.8% · 715
16–193.4% · 418
20–245.3% · 651
25–3415.9% · 1,950
35–4917.1% · 2,096
50–6420.8% · 2,552
65–7411.0% · 1,348
75–846.4% · 791
85+2.2% · 273
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van10.4% · 554
1 car or van42.7% · 2,280
2 cars or vans33.5% · 1,790
3 or more13.4% · 714
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Somerset overall: 67.4% owned, 13.7% social rented, 17.7% private rented.
Owned outright35.2% · 1,880
With mortgage35.6% · 1,901
Shared ownership1.1% · 58
Social rented7.8% · 416
Private rented20.3% · 1,083
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house24.6% · 1,314
Semi-detached house46.5% · 2,481
Terraced house22.8% · 1,218
Purpose-built flat3.9% · 208
Converted house0.5% · 26
Other conversion0.2% · 9
Above shop / office0.4% · 19
Caravan, mobile1.2% · 63
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014343- Council
- Somerset Council
- Constituency
- Bridgwater
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 26 of 55
Parishes in the ward
BawdripBridgwater WithoutChedzoyWestonzoyland
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
BBrent28.2% aged 65+ · 81.1% owned10,094BBridgwater North & Central14.0% aged 65+ · 46.5% owned11,082BBridgwater South17.3% aged 65+ · 45.9% owned12,018BBridgwater West17.2% aged 65+ · 63.5% owned11,199BBurnham on Sea North35.6% aged 65+ · 73.1% owned9,803CCannington29.1% aged 65+ · 79.7% owned9,332HHighbridge & Burnham South26.3% aged 65+ · 60.9% owned10,043HHuntspill28.7% aged 65+ · 77.5% owned9,828KKing Alfred30.3% aged 65+ · 83.6% owned9,830NNorth Petherton17.8% aged 65+ · 70.2% owned10,456
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.