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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
107
Population
240
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
66
England❚TA24 8SY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
22
C2 Skilled manual workers
23
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
240
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
25%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
11%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
25%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
206
Single
51
Married
105
Separated
10
Divorced
29
Widowed
11

Health

Population
240
Very good
103
Good
100
Fair
23
Bad
13
Very bad
29

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
206
England❚TA24 8SY❚
Degree or above
22
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
42
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
28
Apprenticeship
56
Other qualifications
15
No qualifications
36

Ethnicity

Population
240
White British
233
White Irish
1
White Other
6

Country of Birth

Population
240
England
219
Scotland
6
Wales
5
Germany
1
Spain
1
Poland
2
Nigeria
1
Sri Lanka
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
240
Christian
153
Buddhist
1
No religion
71
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
129
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
9
Manufacturing
5
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
13
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
20
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
9
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
181
England❚TA24 8SY❚
Full-Time employee
41
Part-Time employee
30
Self employed
56
Unemployed
4
Retired
30
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
8
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
107
Owned outright
15
Owned with mortgage
10
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
43
Rented - private landlord
30
Rented - other private
6
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
129
Occupied
107
Unoccupied
22
Detached
60
Semi detached
48
Terraced
16
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
4

Household Size

All categoies
107
One person
35
Two people
45
Three people
12
Four people
8
Five people
5
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