Electoral wardE05014351
Chard North ward, Somerset
Chard North is one of 55 electoral wards of Somerset Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 10,683 residents in 4,724 households — 180 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Yeovil constituency.
Residents, 202110,683council ward average 10,392
Households4,7242.26 residents per household
Density180/ km²about 59.25 km² · Somerset 166
Aged 65+25.6%Somerset: 24.8% · under 16: 17.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.3% · 563
5–95.2% · 558
10–156.6% · 706
16–193.7% · 393
20–244.9% · 519
25–3410.6% · 1,137
35–4916.7% · 1,789
50–6421.4% · 2,286
65–7413.2% · 1,411
75–848.9% · 949
85+3.5% · 372
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van14.1% · 664
1 car or van43.2% · 2,040
2 cars or vans29.8% · 1,406
3 or more13.0% · 614
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Somerset overall: 67.4% owned, 13.7% social rented, 17.7% private rented.
Owned outright41.6% · 1,965
With mortgage25.7% · 1,216
Shared ownership1.2% · 57
Social rented14.7% · 693
Private rented16.8% · 792
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house36.9% · 1,741
Semi-detached house28.1% · 1,328
Terraced house20.0% · 947
Purpose-built flat11.0% · 520
Converted house1.3% · 60
Other conversion0.8% · 36
Above shop / office0.4% · 18
Caravan, mobile1.6% · 74
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014351- Council
- Somerset Council
- Constituency
- Yeovil
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 31 of 55
Parishes in the ward
Buckland St MaryChard TownCombe St NicholasWambrookWhitestaunton
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
BBrympton15.4% aged 65+ · 66.0% owned9,425CChard South26.8% aged 65+ · 64.6% owned8,734CCoker30.3% aged 65+ · 74.6% owned9,417CCrewkerne28.5% aged 65+ · 69.7% owned8,999IIlminster30.8% aged 65+ · 72.4% owned10,480SSouth Petherton & Islemoor31.4% aged 65+ · 73.4% owned10,420YYeovil Central22.8% aged 65+ · 61.8% owned11,041YYeovil East16.0% aged 65+ · 55.4% owned11,599YYeovil South21.7% aged 65+ · 62.6% owned10,332YYeovil West19.7% aged 65+ · 63.4% owned8,395
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.