Electoral wardE05014393
Yeovil West ward, Somerset
Yeovil West is one of 55 electoral wards of Somerset Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 8,395 residents in 3,493 households — 1,261 people per km², the 54th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Yeovil constituency.
Residents, 20218,395council ward average 10,392
Households3,4932.4 residents per household
Density1,261/ km²about 6.66 km² · Somerset 166
Aged 65+19.7%Somerset: 24.8% · under 16: 20.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.5% · 463
5–96.9% · 582
10–158.5% · 710
16–194.7% · 392
20–244.6% · 386
25–3413.1% · 1,099
35–4919.0% · 1,592
50–6418.0% · 1,515
65–7410.1% · 849
75–847.1% · 593
85+2.6% · 216
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van15.6% · 544
1 car or van42.1% · 1,469
2 cars or vans31.3% · 1,095
3 or more11.0% · 385
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Somerset overall: 67.4% owned, 13.7% social rented, 17.7% private rented.
Owned outright34.4% · 1,205
With mortgage29.0% · 1,014
Shared ownership0.6% · 22
Social rented21.1% · 740
Private rented14.5% · 506
Lives rent free0.4% · 13
Type of home
Detached house16.8% · 588
Semi-detached house47.6% · 1,664
Terraced house25.8% · 900
Purpose-built flat6.7% · 233
Converted house1.2% · 42
Other conversion0.3% · 9
Above shop / office0.2% · 8
Caravan, mobile1.5% · 51
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014393- Council
- Somerset Council
- Constituency
- Yeovil
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 15 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 East16.0% aged 65+ · 55.4% owned11,599YYeovil South21.7% aged 65+ · 62.6% owned10,332
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.