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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
109
Population
221
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
51
England❚TA24 8HZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
14
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
21
C2 Skilled manual workers
9
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
7

Age Groups

Population
221
Under 16
11%
16 - 64
49%
65 or over
39%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
7%
30 - 44
10%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
33%
75 or over
17%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
196
Single
27
Married
133
Separated
4
Divorced
17
Widowed
15

Health

Population
221
Very good
95
Good
82
Fair
37
Bad
7

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
196
England❚TA24 8HZ❚
Degree or above
20
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
30
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
21
Apprenticeship
82
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
27

Ethnicity

Population
221
White British
218
White Gypsy
2
White Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
221
England
204
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
4
Wales
3
South Africa
1
India
2
USA
2

Religion

Population
221
Christian
139
Jewish
1
No religion
58
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
80
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Manufacturing
1
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Accommodation and food
13
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
1
Education
9
Human health and social work
8

Economic Activity

Population
158
England❚TA24 8HZ❚
Full-Time employee
32
Part-Time employee
19
Self employed
29
Unemployed
3
Retired
63
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
4
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
109
Owned outright
71
Owned with mortgage
25
Rented - private landlord
10
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
143
Occupied
109
Unoccupied
34
Detached
58
Semi detached
30
Terraced
52
Flat - converted
2
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
109
One person
36
Two people
55
Three people
8
Four people
6
Five people
3
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

TA24 8HX

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