Electoral wardE05014391
Yeovil East ward, Somerset
Yeovil East is one of 55 electoral wards of Somerset Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 11,599 residents in 4,925 households — 4,230 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Yeovil constituency.
Residents, 202111,599council ward average 10,392
Households4,9252.36 residents per household
Density4,230/ km²about 2.74 km² · Somerset 166
Aged 65+16.0%Somerset: 24.8% · under 16: 21.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.0% · 813
5–97.1% · 823
10–157.2% · 838
16–194.1% · 474
20–245.7% · 658
25–3416.2% · 1,879
35–4919.3% · 2,242
50–6417.4% · 2,018
65–749.3% · 1,075
75–844.9% · 571
85+1.8% · 208
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van17.4% · 856
1 car or van45.5% · 2,242
2 cars or vans28.4% · 1,400
3 or more8.7% · 427
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Somerset overall: 67.4% owned, 13.7% social rented, 17.7% private rented.
Owned outright26.2% · 1,290
With mortgage29.2% · 1,438
Shared ownership2.4% · 116
Social rented23.7% · 1,167
Private rented18.4% · 906
Lives rent free0.2% · 8
Type of home
Detached house12.5% · 616
Semi-detached house28.2% · 1,389
Terraced house45.2% · 2,224
Purpose-built flat12.3% · 608
Converted house1.2% · 59
Other conversion0.2% · 10
Above shop / office0.3% · 17
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014391- Council
- Somerset Council
- Constituency
- Yeovil
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 4 of 55
Parishes in the ward
YeovilYeovil Without
Other wards in the same constituency
BBrympton15.4% aged 65+ · 66.0% owned9,425CChard North25.6% aged 65+ · 67.3% owned10,683CChard South26.8% aged 65+ · 64.6% owned8,734CCoker30.3% aged 65+ · 74.6% owned9,417CCrewkerne28.5% aged 65+ · 69.7% owned8,999IIlminster30.8% aged 65+ · 72.4% owned10,480SSouth Petherton & Islemoor31.4% aged 65+ · 73.4% owned10,420YYeovil Central22.8% aged 65+ · 61.8% owned11,041YYeovil South21.7% aged 65+ · 62.6% owned10,332YYeovil West19.7% aged 65+ · 63.4% owned8,395
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.