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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
123
Population
301
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
77
England❚TA24 8PU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
14
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
26

Age Groups

Population
301
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
56%
65 or over
26%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
23%
75 or over
13%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
247
Single
53
Married
140
Separated
4
Divorced
24
Widowed
26

Health

Population
301
Very good
129
Good
115
Fair
44
Bad
9
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
247
England❚TA24 8PU❚
Degree or above
33
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
45
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
45
Apprenticeship
57
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
41

Ethnicity

Population
301
White British
291
White Irish
1
White Other
6
Arab
2
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
301
England
280
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
4
Wales
4
Ireland
2
France
1
Germany
2
Lithuania
2
Romania
1

Religion

Population
301
Christian
225
Buddhist
1
No religion
65
Not stated
10

Industry

Population
136
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
5
Manufacturing
6
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
37
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
31
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
6
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
207
England❚TA24 8PU❚
Full-Time employee
56
Part-Time employee
30
Self employed
50
Unemployed
9
Retired
38
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
10
Student
8
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
123
Owned outright
57
Owned with mortgage
18
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
23
Rented - private landlord
22
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
144
Occupied
123
Unoccupied
21
Detached
47
Semi detached
19
Terraced
46
Flat - purpose built
6
Flat - converted
14
Flat - in commerical building
11
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
123
One person
39
Two people
45
Three people
18
Four people
14
Five people
4
Six people
3

Nearby postcodes

TA24 8QG TA24 8QF TA24 8QJ TA24 8NA TA24 8LB TA24 8LA TA24 8LF TA24 8LH TA24 8LJ TA24 8LQ TA24 8PZ TA24 8PT TA24 8PS TA24 8LD TA24 8LE TA24 8QR TA24 8LG TA24 8QA TA24 8QB TA24 8BG TA24 8NW TA24 8NN TA24 8NL TA24 8NF

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