The document provides demographic and socioeconomic data for 36 community areas in Somerset, England. It includes statistics on population size and density, age demographics, income levels, employment rates, education levels, health outcomes, crime rates, and perceptions of community belonging and safety. The data suggests there is variability across communities in Somerset in terms of socioeconomic challenges and quality of life.

1. Issue No. 1 Community Profile - Area Summary - Quilt Issued: 9 June 2010
Making a
Ensuring Economic
36 Community Areas in Somerset Demographics positive Living Sustainably Enjoying and Achieving Staying Safe Being Healthy
Wellbeing
contribution
16-19 year olds not in education,
Limiting long term illness, under
Households claiming Child Benefit
needed to continue to live at home
employment or training (NEET)
Life expectancy at birth - Males
'Out of work' benefit claimants
Obesity of primary school age
Say affordable housing needs
Overall satisfaction with local
Believe people from different
Achievement of 5 or more A*
Road traffic accidents - fatal,
All cause mortality, under 75
together in their local areas
Total non-white population
Secondary attendance rate
Satisfaction with local bus
Satisfaction with quality of
Index of Multiple Deprivation
Able to get services/support
JSA claimants 1 year plus
grades at GCSE including
decisions in their locality
Serious acquisitive crime
Life expectancy at birth -
backgrounds get on well
Feel they belong to their
KS2 - English and Maths
Barriers to Housing and
Feel they can influence
Environmental Quality
for as long as they wish
area as a place to live
No access to car/van
Under 18 conception
Feel safe after dark
Population Density
English and Maths
65 years and over
75 years and over
children in year 6
serious or slight
neighbourhood
Deliberate fires
environment
improving
Services
services
Females
65 years
(BME)
years
Community Area
Central Mendip 18 22 14 25 28 26 26 34 9 19 9 3 16 31 29 29 32 21 25 14 17 11 8 15 33 28 17 34 32 15 29
Frome 33 33 12 4 2 9 7 3 27 19 27 8 9 5 5 13 9 8 16 1 5 11 34 8 7 8 17 18 20 12 7
Glastonbury 29 26 1 23 3 13 3 9 11 18 3 12 3 5 5 2 9 13 27 8 4 8 9 27 16 16 12 7 10 6 14 9
NE Mendip 28 34 5 11 28 19 36 28 27 19 7 5 6 28 34 13 29 18 20 11 11 11 7 4 18 26 17 27 23 28 22 27
MENDIP
NW Mendip 26 24 17 28 28 17 29 6 14 35 8 5 20 34 31 35 36 28 9 4 29 31 3 26 34 8 8 16 36 33 32
Shepton Mallet 36 36 19 19 5 9 5 4 19 26 11 10 12 10 11 5 12 8 13 12 12 31 2 26 3 12 17 19 5 15 2 6
Street 30 27 2 16 10 17 19 9 16 31 22 33 20 16 21 13 10 19 6 21 33 35 19 31 10 6 12 5 8 20 28 19
SW Mendip 25 28 11 29 26 20 9 9 6 19 13 7 17 20 19 13 26 26 23 12 3 28 16 24 34 23 21 3 14 20 11 14
Wells 7 4 4 22 6 22 26 16 23 28 30 12 12 26 13 5 20 28 9 25 30 19 33 33 18 23 30 17 13 30 22
Bridgwater 35 35 30 2 1 7 1 5 1 33 1 33 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 2 5 11 2 2 4 6 3 7 5 2
Burnham South and Highbridge 17 15 19 15 7 4 8 14 6 36 3 30 4 3 7 5 4 14 12 5 25 13 24 30 7 5 2 4 2 2 6 4
SEDGEMOOR
Cheddar and Axbridge 23 25 12 16 20 36 23 33 11 33 15 7 36 26 36 5 19 31 35 30 8 16 28 21 35 28 15 24 15 31 34 28
East Sedgemoor 19 23 28 24 23 26 14 28 2 33 11 24 30 35 27 13 34 28 36 30 17 33 35 29 36 35 26 34 36 35 32 34
North Sedgemoor 5 5 19 16 19 15 31 16 33 26 23 13 17 13 22 17 22 30 28 17 18 26 12 21 10 7 24 13 10 20 21
SE Sedgemoor 21 20 34 8 17 15 13 11 30 11 17 24 8 15 16 13 16 25 19 25 25 20 11 10 9 12 15 12 19 18 19 25
West Sedgemoor 15 19 26 20 26 23 33 36 5 11 20 9 11 19 14 5 23 21 11 20 17 32 28 13 26 25 29 33 27 11 18 30
Chard 22 17 28 14 5 2 1 5 18 15 23 12 8 8 13 8 4 16 16 17 14 4 32 1 1 17 12 12 14 3 5
SOUTH SOMERSET
Chard District 8 14 32 32 28 26 34 24 18 19 6 16 31 29 31 28 11 26 30 29 21 24 7 3 26 32 32 30 23 10 23
Crewkerne and Ilminster 12 12 30 6 15 32 26 24 23 26 26 20 24 18 12 15 10 16 25 30 10 27 23 24 18 24 19 21 30 27 13
Curry Rivel 10 10 26 30 23 13 14 6 16 15 21 4 24 30 33 32 35 21 35 28 26 31 17 11 12 11 11 25 24 26 31
Langport District 13 13 19 12 21 32 32 28 11 19 14 16 31 26 27 24 30 24 24 12 25 14 16 26 23 29 16 31 24 23 24
SE Somerset 20 21 8 7 21 13 9 16 11 28 16 15 6 33 35 20 23 16 18 8 22 16 14 18 22 25 19 26 24 13 18
Yeovil 31 30 8 3 4 3 4 2 3 31 6 29 2 7 3 13 6 12 7 1 4 3 5 20 3 3 6 9 7 12 8 3
Yeovil District 27 29 19 5 17 20 23 15 23 28 19 28 8 25 14 22 16 15 21 14 34 14 9 16 10 33 29 29 28 21 10
Blackdown and Monument 14 9 34 35 33 26 14 28 6 15 1 1 24 36 24 36 24 32 30 1 4 3 1 30 30 4 2 5 33 1 36
TAUNTON DEANE
East Deane 11 11 32 26 23 23 29 23 18 25 10 16 20 32 24 13 33 33 34 36 21 6 19 2 11 21 31 23 35 18 25 33
Inner Taunton 34 32 6 1 6 1 9 14 2 33 5 27 24 5 4 2 5 1 6 3 12 14 1 1 19 6 4 3 14 4 8 17 1
North Taunton 32 31 8 10 16 26 9 11 31 31 25 21 20 22 19 13 25 17 25 28 8 12 8 18 13 18 20 27 20 33 24 15
Suburban Taunton 6 3 2 9 11 26 19 11 29 36 22 24 23 17 14 29 33 34 23 19 16 28 30 15 22 14 22 27 29 26
Wellington 24 16 14 13 8 6 8 21 18 10 24 30 24 11 10 5 11 27 3 4 21 36 9 36 13 8 12 10 11 16 4 8
West Deane 16 18 7 27 28 11 19 21 14 15 5 2 12 24 29 26 34 31 23 23 27 33 22 26 36 34 19 33 17 7 16
Exmoor 1 2 34 33 36 23 34 35 1 6 3 16 34 17 18 13 21 7 14 7 31 7 19 15 24 31 36 35 32 8 17
SOMERSET
Mid-West Somerset 4 7 17 34 35 32 19 27 3 8 4 14 34 14 4 5 18 5 10 2 31 15 33 5 30 29 27 36 28 3 35
WEST
Minehead 2 1 24 21 12 11 2 20 8 11 18 35 24 6 13 2 3 1 9 19 35 24 19 35 22 17 10 24 9 4 16 12
Quantocks 3 6 24 36 34 32 23 32 4 8 1 10 33 20 23 29 2 1 12 34 23 28 6 22 31 35 31 24 4 9 20
Watchet and Williton 9 8 16 31 2 14 7 5 24 9 2 12 35 17 2 8 1 7 14 5 6 35 9 35 25 18 9 1 1 1 1 31 11
Areas are ranked within Somerset from 1 to 36 where 1 is the ‘worst’ and 36 the ‘best’, except for the first four demographic measures, where 1 is the highest and 36 the lowest.
Key Rank 1 to 7 8 to 14 15 to 21 22 to 28 29 to 36 Numbers too small to comment
Index of Multiple Deprivation denotes Community Area containing any Lower Super Output Area ranked amongst the most deprived 20% in the England.

2. Issue No. 1 Community Profile - Area Summary - Quilt Issued: 9 June 2010
The 36 Community Areas (in rows) and 33 key measures (in columns) together form a broad picture of Somerset and represent the
six aims of the Somerset Sustainable Community Strategy. The Community Areas are illustrated on the map above, and are derived
from clusters of neighbouring wards sharing similar characteristics.
The measures were agreed in consultation with public sector partners, and were selected because the data are available and robust
at the appropriate geographical level and come from reliable sources.
The purpose of this document is to highlight relative strengths and weaknesses within Somerset. The ranking shown gives no
consideration to scoring relative to a regional or national average.
By reading across the row for a specific area, the particular challenges faced by that area are shown by the red blocks and the
strengths by the greens. Grey denotes where the measure was either zero or suppressed because of very small numbers.