Electoral wardE05014360
Frome East ward, Somerset
Frome East is one of 55 electoral wards of Somerset Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 13,128 residents in 5,490 households — 546 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Frome and East Somerset constituency.
Residents, 202113,128council ward average 10,392
Households5,4902.39 residents per household
Density546/ km²about 24.02 km² · Somerset 166
Aged 65+18.1%Somerset: 24.8% · under 16: 21.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.4% · 846
5–97.4% · 968
10–157.4% · 973
16–194.1% · 536
20–244.6% · 603
25–3412.7% · 1,669
35–4919.5% · 2,559
50–6419.8% · 2,606
65–7410.7% · 1,399
75–845.2% · 687
85+2.2% · 285
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van15.1% · 830
1 car or van41.6% · 2,286
2 cars or vans32.4% · 1,778
3 or more10.9% · 596
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Somerset overall: 67.4% owned, 13.7% social rented, 17.7% private rented.
Owned outright34.1% · 1,874
With mortgage31.9% · 1,750
Shared ownership1.4% · 78
Social rented15.2% · 837
Private rented17.3% · 948
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house22.2% · 1,217
Semi-detached house29.6% · 1,624
Terraced house33.1% · 1,816
Purpose-built flat11.7% · 642
Converted house1.7% · 93
Other conversion1.4% · 76
Above shop / office0.3% · 16
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014360- Council
- Somerset Council
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 23 of 55
Parishes in the ward
FromeSelwood
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.