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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

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