Electoral wardE05014348
Burnham on Sea North ward, Somerset
Burnham on Sea North is one of 55 electoral wards of Somerset Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 9,803 residents in 4,689 households — 2,056 people per km², the 38th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bridgwater constituency.
Residents, 20219,803council ward average 10,392
Households4,6892.09 residents per household
Density2,056/ km²about 4.77 km² · Somerset 166
Aged 65+35.6%Somerset: 24.8% · under 16: 12.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.2% · 316
5–93.9% · 386
10–155.2% · 508
16–193.1% · 306
20–243.9% · 387
25–348.3% · 817
35–4914.5% · 1,424
50–6422.1% · 2,167
65–7417.0% · 1,664
75–8412.5% · 1,227
85+6.1% · 598
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van17.9% · 841
1 car or van44.8% · 2,100
2 cars or vans27.2% · 1,276
3 or more10.1% · 472
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Somerset overall: 67.4% owned, 13.7% social rented, 17.7% private rented.
Owned outright49.4% · 2,316
With mortgage23.7% · 1,111
Shared ownership0.5% · 22
Social rented5.9% · 276
Private rented20.5% · 963
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house34.7% · 1,629
Semi-detached house30.1% · 1,412
Terraced house14.5% · 680
Purpose-built flat12.0% · 564
Converted house5.7% · 267
Other conversion0.9% · 44
Above shop / office1.7% · 81
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 12
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014348- Council
- Somerset Council
- Constituency
- Bridgwater
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 11 of 55
Parishes in the ward
Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge
Other wards in the same constituency
BBrent28.2% aged 65+ · 81.1% owned10,094BBridgwater East & Bawdrip19.6% aged 65+ · 70.8% owned12,291BBridgwater North & Central14.0% aged 65+ · 46.5% owned11,082BBridgwater South17.3% aged 65+ · 45.9% owned12,018BBridgwater West17.2% aged 65+ · 63.5% owned11,199CCannington29.1% 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.