Electoral wardE05014392
Yeovil South ward, Somerset
Yeovil South is one of 55 electoral wards of Somerset Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 10,332 residents in 4,708 households — 2,127 people per km², the 29th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Yeovil constituency.
Residents, 202110,332council ward average 10,392
Households4,7082.19 residents per household
Density2,127/ km²about 4.86 km² · Somerset 166
Aged 65+21.7%Somerset: 24.8% · under 16: 15.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.2% · 536
5–94.9% · 506
10–155.6% · 577
16–193.5% · 361
20–246.3% · 654
25–3414.8% · 1,530
35–4918.9% · 1,955
50–6419.1% · 1,973
65–7411.7% · 1,206
75–846.7% · 693
85+3.3% · 338
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van20.9% · 983
1 car or van44.7% · 2,104
2 cars or vans25.3% · 1,193
3 or more9.1% · 428
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Somerset overall: 67.4% owned, 13.7% social rented, 17.7% private rented.
Owned outright36.7% · 1,727
With mortgage25.9% · 1,220
Shared ownership0.7% · 35
Social rented11.3% · 532
Private rented25.3% · 1,191
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house25.3% · 1,192
Semi-detached house26.1% · 1,230
Terraced house19.5% · 917
Purpose-built flat19.0% · 894
Converted house4.8% · 225
Other conversion1.7% · 81
Above shop / office1.6% · 75
Caravan, mobile2.0% · 94
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014392- Council
- Somerset Council
- Constituency
- Yeovil
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 10 of 55
Parishes in the ward
East CokerWest CokerYeovil
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 East16.0% aged 65+ · 55.4% owned11,599YYeovil 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.