Electoral wardE05014356
Crewkerne ward, Somerset
Crewkerne is one of 55 electoral wards of Somerset Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 8,999 residents in 4,155 households — 291 people per km², the 49th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Yeovil constituency.
Residents, 20218,999council ward average 10,392
Households4,1552.17 residents per household
Density291/ km²about 30.92 km² · Somerset 166
Aged 65+28.5%Somerset: 24.8% · under 16: 15.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.4% · 392
5–94.6% · 417
10–156.1% · 548
16–193.6% · 321
20–244.5% · 403
25–3410.0% · 897
35–4916.2% · 1,454
50–6422.2% · 2,002
65–7414.7% · 1,325
75–8410.2% · 915
85+3.6% · 327
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.3% · 552
1 car or van44.3% · 1,839
2 cars or vans29.6% · 1,228
3 or more12.9% · 536
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Somerset overall: 67.4% owned, 13.7% social rented, 17.7% private rented.
Owned outright43.5% · 1,809
With mortgage26.2% · 1,089
Shared ownership1.0% · 42
Social rented12.1% · 502
Private rented17.1% · 712
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house29.7% · 1,232
Semi-detached house31.3% · 1,300
Terraced house27.9% · 1,161
Purpose-built flat6.6% · 275
Converted house1.3% · 55
Other conversion2.4% · 100
Above shop / office0.6% · 27
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014356- Council
- Somerset Council
- Constituency
- Yeovil
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 27 of 55
Parishes in the ward
CrewkerneMistertonWayfordWest Crewkerne
Other wards in the same constituency
BBrympton15.4% aged 65+ · 66.0% owned9,425CChard North25.6% aged 65+ · 67.3% owned10,683CChard South26.8% aged 65+ · 64.6% owned8,734CCoker30.3% aged 65+ · 74.6% owned9,417IIlminster30.8% 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.