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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
119
Population
213
Males
43%
Females
57%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
53
England❚TA24 8QA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
19
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
213
Under 16
8%
16 - 64
48%
65 or over
43%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
5%
16 - 29
9%
30 - 44
9%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
29%
75 or over
23%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
195
Single
36
Married
92
Civil partnership
2
Separated
3
Divorced
29
Widowed
33

Health

Population
213
Very good
72
Good
89
Fair
39
Bad
12
Very bad
29

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
195
England❚TA24 8QA❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
2
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
34
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
22
Apprenticeship
52
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
48

Ethnicity

Population
213
White British
207
White Irish
1
White Other
5

Country of Birth

Population
213
England
198
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
4
Wales
1
Germany
1
USA
4
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
213
Christian
153
Jewish
1
Other
4
No religion
41
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
83
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
4
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
19
Accommodation and food
20
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
9
Human health and social work
6

Economic Activity

Population
147
England❚TA24 8QA❚
Full-Time employee
35
Part-Time employee
15
Self employed
33
Unemployed
5
Retired
46
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
119
Owned outright
43
Owned with mortgage
18
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
31
Rented - private landlord
17
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
156
Occupied
119
Unoccupied
37
Detached
13
Semi detached
20
Terraced
72
Flat - purpose built
34
Flat - converted
5
Flat - in commerical building
12

Household Size

All categoies
119
One person
57
Two people
44
Three people
10
Four people
7
Five people
1

Nearby postcodes

TA24 8QG TA24 8JH TA24 8QF TA24 8QE TA24 8NR TA24 8NT TA24 8NP TA24 8QD TA24 8NS TA24 8QJ TA24 8PY TA24 8PH TA24 8PU TA24 8PJ TA24 8LJ TA24 8LQ TA24 8QB TA24 8ND TA24 8PX TA24 8NE 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