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Administrative Areas

Ward
Porlock & District
Local Authority
Somerset West and Taunton
County
Somerset
Constituency
Bridgwater and West Somerset
Region
South West
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural village in a sparse setting
National Park
Exmoor National Park
Households
109
Population
227
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
65
England❚EX35 6NU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
13
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
14

Age Groups

Population
227
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
29%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
8%
45 - 59
26%
60 - 74
29%
75 or over
15%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
200
Single
40
Married
121
Civil partnership
2
Separated
5
Divorced
19
Widowed
13

Health

Population
227
Very good
97
Good
80
Fair
36
Bad
11
Very bad
19

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
200
England❚EX35 6NU❚
Degree or above
17
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
28
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
22
Apprenticeship
69
Other qualifications
4
No qualifications
49

Ethnicity

Population
227
White British
223
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
2
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
227
England
211
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
1
Wales
5
Nigeria
1
Middle East
1
India
1
South America
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
227
Christian
137
Buddhist
1
Sikh
1
Other
2
No religion
64
Not stated
22

Industry

Population
112
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
16
Mining
1
Manufacturing
5
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
17
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
21
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
7
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
10
Human health and social work
6

Economic Activity

Population
166
England❚EX35 6NU❚
Full-Time employee
41
Part-Time employee
16
Self employed
52
Unemployed
3
Retired
38
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
10
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
109
Owned outright
51
Owned with mortgage
10
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
28
Rented - other private
5
Living rent free
11

Housing Types

All categoies
154
Occupied
109
Unoccupied
45
Detached
100
Semi detached
23
Terraced
16
Flat - converted
9
Flat - in commerical building
4
Caravan
2

Household Size

All categoies
109
One person
39
Two people
42
Three people
16
Four people
9
Five people
1
Six people
1
Seven people
1

Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019