Electoral wardE05014378
Shepton Mallet ward, Somerset
Shepton Mallet is one of 55 electoral wards of Somerset Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 11,170 residents in 4,911 households — 664 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Wells and Mendip Hills constituency.
Residents, 202111,170council ward average 10,392
Households4,9112.27 residents per household
Density664/ km²about 16.83 km² · Somerset 166
Aged 65+19.7%Somerset: 24.8% · under 16: 17.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.8% · 645
5–95.6% · 630
10–156.4% · 716
16–193.6% · 405
20–245.0% · 564
25–3414.5% · 1,625
35–4917.8% · 1,992
50–6421.5% · 2,398
65–7411.0% · 1,226
75–846.1% · 681
85+2.6% · 288
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van14.1% · 691
1 car or van41.2% · 2,023
2 cars or vans32.2% · 1,583
3 or more12.5% · 614
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Somerset overall: 67.4% owned, 13.7% social rented, 17.7% private rented.
Owned outright34.1% · 1,676
With mortgage29.9% · 1,467
Shared ownership1.4% · 69
Social rented13.4% · 657
Private rented21.2% · 1,041
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house23.1% · 1,134
Semi-detached house34.4% · 1,688
Terraced house26.5% · 1,302
Purpose-built flat11.2% · 549
Converted house2.1% · 104
Other conversion1.6% · 79
Above shop / office1.0% · 47
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 9
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014378- Council
- Somerset Council
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 21 of 55
Parishes in the ward
CroscombeShepton Mallet
Other wards in the same constituency
BBrent28.2% aged 65+ · 81.1% owned10,094CCheddar26.5% aged 65+ · 74.7% owned9,365HHuntspill28.7% aged 65+ · 77.5% owned9,828KKing Alfred30.3% aged 65+ · 83.6% owned9,830MMendip Hills24.7% aged 65+ · 73.9% owned9,864MMendip South26.7% aged 65+ · 75.7% owned9,270MMendip West25.6% aged 65+ · 76.5% owned10,127WWells30.8% aged 65+ · 67.7% owned11,145
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.