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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 town and fringe in a sparse setting
National Park
Exmoor National Park
Households
116
Population
227
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
46
England❚TA24 8EX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
12
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
10
C2 Skilled manual workers
12
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
12

Age Groups

Population
227
Under 16
5%
16 - 64
47%
65 or over
48%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
3%
16 - 29
7%
30 - 44
4%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
37%
75 or over
25%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
216
Single
29
Married
140
Civil partnership
2
Separated
4
Divorced
15
Widowed
26

Health

Population
227
Very good
85
Good
83
Fair
42
Bad
14
Very bad
15

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
216
England❚TA24 8EX❚
Degree or above
15
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
42
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
31
Apprenticeship
66
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
48

Ethnicity

Population
227
White British
226
White Irish
1

Country of Birth

Population
227
England
217
Scotland
3
Wales
3
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
2

Religion

Population
227
Christian
167
Other
3
No religion
39
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
77
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Mining
2
Manufacturing
5
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
6
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
12
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
10
Human health and social work
10

Economic Activity

Population
159
England❚TA24 8EX❚
Full-Time employee
24
Part-Time employee
29
Self employed
21
Unemployed
4
Retired
61
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
10
Unemployed 50 - 74
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
116
Owned outright
88
Owned with mortgage
15
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
8
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
140
Occupied
116
Unoccupied
24
Detached
78
Semi detached
32
Terraced
20
Flat - converted
9
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
116
One person
34
Two people
63
Three people
9
Four people
10

Nearby postcodes

TA24 8QS TA24 8HA TA24 8JB TA24 8EY TA24 8JA

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