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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
120
Population
251
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
51
England❚TA24 8NG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
7
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
14
C2 Skilled manual workers
15
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
15

Age Groups

Population
251
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
45%
65 or over
39%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
10%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
22%
75 or over
25%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
211
Single
43
Married
105
Separated
6
Divorced
29
Widowed
28

Health

Population
251
Very good
93
Good
90
Fair
50
Bad
16
Very bad
29

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
211
England❚TA24 8NG❚
Degree or above
13
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
37
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
31
Apprenticeship
41
Other qualifications
4
No qualifications
79

Ethnicity

Population
251
White British
250
White Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
251
England
237
Scotland
7
Wales
3
Germany
3
Poland
1

Religion

Population
251
Christian
151
Buddhist
1
Other
2
No religion
79
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
82
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Manufacturing
3
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
9
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
1
Education
7
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
148
England❚TA24 8NG❚
Full-Time employee
25
Part-Time employee
27
Self employed
26
Unemployed
3
Retired
40
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
120
Owned outright
45
Owned with mortgage
20
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
40
Rented - private landlord
6
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
5

Housing Types

All categoies
130
Occupied
120
Unoccupied
10
Detached
30
Semi detached
72
Terraced
24
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
3

Household Size

All categoies
120
One person
45
Two people
46
Three people
11
Four people
12
Five people
4
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