Electoral wardE05014368
Lydeard ward, Somerset
Lydeard is one of 55 electoral wards of Somerset Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 10,935 residents in 4,468 households — 174 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Taunton and Wellington and Tiverton and Minehead constituencies.
Residents, 202110,935council ward average 10,392
Households4,4682.45 residents per household
Density174/ km²about 62.99 km² · Somerset 166
Aged 65+20.1%Somerset: 24.8% · under 16: 18.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.4% · 595
5–96.2% · 675
10–157.1% · 781
16–194.4% · 476
20–244.8% · 520
25–3412.8% · 1,396
35–4919.1% · 2,087
50–6420.2% · 2,211
65–7411.2% · 1,223
75–846.3% · 691
85+2.6% · 281
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van8.3% · 370
1 car or van38.9% · 1,738
2 cars or vans38.2% · 1,705
3 or more14.7% · 655
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Somerset overall: 67.4% owned, 13.7% social rented, 17.7% private rented.
Owned outright35.8% · 1,600
With mortgage36.0% · 1,607
Shared ownership0.7% · 31
Social rented11.5% · 514
Private rented16.0% · 713
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house33.5% · 1,496
Semi-detached house30.9% · 1,383
Terraced house24.6% · 1,100
Purpose-built flat8.6% · 386
Converted house0.3% · 13
Other conversion0.4% · 16
Above shop / office0.3% · 13
Caravan, mobile1.4% · 63
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014368- Council
- Somerset Council
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington, Tiverton and Minehead
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 33 of 55
Parishes in the ward
Ash PriorsBishop's HullBishop's LydeardCombe FloreyCotford St LukeCothelstoneLydeard St. LawrenceNorton FitzwarrenTollandWest Bagborough
Other wards in the same constituency
BBishop's Hull & Taunton West25.0% aged 65+ · 62.0% owned10,962BBlackdown & Neroche26.6% aged 65+ · 71.7% owned10,906CComeytrowe & Trull30.2% aged 65+ · 76.3% owned10,060DDulverton & Exmoor36.6% aged 65+ · 65.6% owned7,928DDunster33.9% aged 65+ · 67.5% owned8,734MMinehead37.1% aged 65+ · 66.9% owned8,642MMonkton & North Curry21.9% aged 65+ · 75.3% owned12,893RRowbarton & Staplegrove21.0% aged 65+ · 65.0% owned10,498TTaunton East14.7% aged 65+ · 42.7% owned12,017TTaunton North18.8% aged 65+ · 54.0% owned10,497TTaunton South21.8% aged 65+ · 61.7% owned11,284UUpper Tone30.2% aged 65+ · 76.0% owned9,413WWatchet & Stogursey33.1% aged 65+ · 63.4% owned9,636WWellington24.9% aged 65+ · 66.3% owned13,040
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.