Electoral wardE05014364
Highbridge & Burnham South ward, Somerset
Highbridge & Burnham South is one of 55 electoral wards of Somerset Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 10,043 residents in 4,486 households — 2,344 people per km², the 34th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bridgwater constituency.
Residents, 202110,043council ward average 10,392
Households4,4862.24 residents per household
Density2,344/ km²about 4.28 km² · Somerset 166
Aged 65+26.3%Somerset: 24.8% · under 16: 17.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.7% · 471
5–96.1% · 615
10–156.4% · 647
16–193.7% · 375
20–245.0% · 503
25–3410.7% · 1,073
35–4916.1% · 1,619
50–6420.9% · 2,096
65–7413.3% · 1,338
75–849.5% · 957
85+3.5% · 349
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.3% · 954
1 car or van44.8% · 2,009
2 cars or vans24.5% · 1,097
3 or more9.5% · 426
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Somerset overall: 67.4% owned, 13.7% social rented, 17.7% private rented.
Owned outright37.4% · 1,680
With mortgage23.5% · 1,054
Shared ownership1.3% · 57
Social rented21.2% · 952
Private rented16.3% · 731
Lives rent free0.3% · 12
Type of home
Detached house18.6% · 835
Semi-detached house35.4% · 1,587
Terraced house26.2% · 1,176
Purpose-built flat16.5% · 742
Converted house1.3% · 57
Other conversion0.7% · 33
Above shop / office0.9% · 39
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 15
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014364- Council
- Somerset Council
- Constituency
- Bridgwater
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 9 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% owned11,199BBurnham on Sea North35.6% aged 65+ · 73.1% owned9,803CCannington29.1% aged 65+ · 79.7% owned9,332HHuntspill28.7% 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.