Electoral wardE05014362
Frome West ward, Somerset
Frome West is one of 55 electoral wards of Somerset Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 10,558 residents in 4,702 households — 1,170 people per km², the 21st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Frome and East Somerset constituency.
Residents, 202110,558council ward average 10,392
Households4,7022.25 residents per household
Density1,170/ km²about 9.03 km² · Somerset 166
Aged 65+20.7%Somerset: 24.8% · under 16: 18.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.6% · 592
5–95.7% · 606
10–157.5% · 792
16–194.1% · 437
20–244.3% · 456
25–3411.9% · 1,257
35–4920.0% · 2,109
50–6420.2% · 2,129
65–7410.8% · 1,140
75–846.7% · 710
85+3.1% · 332
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van20.4% · 961
1 car or van44.1% · 2,074
2 cars or vans26.5% · 1,246
3 or more9.0% · 421
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Somerset overall: 67.4% owned, 13.7% social rented, 17.7% private rented.
Owned outright32.5% · 1,526
With mortgage26.9% · 1,263
Shared ownership1.0% · 48
Social rented18.4% · 866
Private rented21.2% · 996
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house14.6% · 687
Semi-detached house30.6% · 1,439
Terraced house31.3% · 1,474
Purpose-built flat15.3% · 721
Converted house2.7% · 127
Other conversion3.1% · 148
Above shop / office1.7% · 81
Caravan, mobile0.6% · 27
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014362- Council
- Somerset Council
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 16 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.