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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
134
Population
264
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
66
England❚TA24 8RE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
12
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
27
C2 Skilled manual workers
15
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
12

Age Groups

Population
264
Under 16
5%
16 - 64
55%
65 or over
40%
Under 4
1%
5 - 15
4%
16 - 29
9%
30 - 44
6%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
36%
75 or over
17%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
251
Single
36
Married
153
Civil partnership
2
Separated
2
Divorced
27
Widowed
31

Health

Population
264
Very good
114
Good
104
Fair
37
Bad
6
Very bad
27

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
251
England❚TA24 8RE❚
Degree or above
32
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
22
Apprenticeship
95
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
40

Ethnicity

Population
264
White British
256
White Irish
1
White Other
1
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Asian
3
Mixed Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
264
England
244
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
4
Wales
4
Germany
2
Poland
1
India
1
USA
1

Religion

Population
264
Christian
196
Buddhist
1
No religion
55
Not stated
12

Industry

Population
106
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
11
Manufacturing
9
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
10
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
12
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
11
Human health and social work
10

Economic Activity

Population
207
England❚TA24 8RE❚
Full-Time employee
34
Part-Time employee
26
Self employed
45
Unemployed
6
Retired
79
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
3
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
134
Owned outright
94
Owned with mortgage
23
Rented - private landlord
12
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
150
Occupied
134
Unoccupied
16
Detached
107
Semi detached
30
Terraced
6
Flat - converted
7

Household Size

All categoies
134
One person
40
Two people
74
Three people
11
Four people
6
Five people
2
Six 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