Electoral wardE05014385
Upper Tone ward, Somerset
Upper Tone is one of 55 electoral wards of Somerset Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 9,413 residents in 4,051 households — 64 people per km², the 44th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Taunton and Wellington and Tiverton and Minehead constituencies.
Residents, 20219,413council ward average 10,392
Households4,0512.32 residents per household
Density64/ km²about 145.94 km² · Somerset 166
Aged 65+30.2%Somerset: 24.8% · under 16: 14.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.2% · 297
5–94.4% · 410
10–157.0% · 658
16–194.1% · 385
20–243.6% · 337
25–347.3% · 686
35–4915.0% · 1,408
50–6425.4% · 2,388
65–7415.8% · 1,483
75–8410.0% · 938
85+4.5% · 423
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van7.1% · 289
1 car or van35.8% · 1,451
2 cars or vans36.8% · 1,493
3 or more20.2% · 819
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Somerset overall: 67.4% owned, 13.7% social rented, 17.7% private rented.
Owned outright50.1% · 2,030
With mortgage25.9% · 1,049
Shared ownership0.5% · 22
Social rented8.7% · 351
Private rented14.7% · 595
Lives rent free0.0% · 2
Type of home
Detached house49.0% · 1,986
Semi-detached house25.5% · 1,031
Terraced house17.2% · 695
Purpose-built flat3.4% · 136
Converted house1.5% · 59
Other conversion1.8% · 72
Above shop / office0.6% · 24
Caravan, mobile1.2% · 48
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014385- Council
- Somerset Council
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington, Tiverton and Minehead
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 51 of 55
Parishes in the ward
AshbrittleBathealtonBradford-on-ToneChipstableFitzheadHalseLangford BudvilleMilvertonNyneheadOakeSampford ArundelStawleyWellington WithoutWiveliscombe
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% owned8,734LLydeard20.1% aged 65+ · 71.8% owned10,935MMinehead37.1% 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% owned11,284WWatchet & 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.