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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 hamlet and isolated dwellings in a sparse setting
National Park
Exmoor National Park
Households
110
Population
237
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
60
England❚TA24 8JA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
22
C2 Skilled manual workers
13
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
15

Age Groups

Population
237
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
53%
65 or over
34%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
8%
30 - 44
9%
45 - 59
26%
60 - 74
29%
75 or over
15%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
206
Single
37
Married
134
Separated
4
Divorced
14
Widowed
17

Health

Population
237
Very good
92
Good
95
Fair
32
Bad
15
Very bad
14

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
206
England❚TA24 8JA❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
31
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
30
Apprenticeship
53
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
53

Ethnicity

Population
237
White British
232
White Other
3
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Asian Indian
1

Country of Birth

Population
237
England
225
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
Wales
1
Germany
3
Italy
1
Middle East
1
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
237
Christian
155
No religion
52
Not stated
30

Industry

Population
104
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
6
Manufacturing
6
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
21
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
12
Information and communication
3
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
15
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
6
Human health and social work
7

Economic Activity

Population
170
England❚TA24 8JA❚
Full-Time employee
37
Part-Time employee
27
Self employed
37
Retired
42
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
8

Housing Tenure

All categoies
110
Owned outright
41
Owned with mortgage
9
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
41
Rented - private landlord
11
Rented - other private
5
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
122
Occupied
110
Unoccupied
12
Detached
57
Semi detached
36
Terraced
27
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
110
One person
25
Two people
59
Three people
16
Four people
8
Five people
1
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

TA24 8NB TA24 8ES TA24 8EU TA24 8HU TA24 8DJ TA24 8EZ TA24 8NH TA24 8QS TA24 8ET TA24 8HA TA24 8HB TA24 8JB

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