Local authority · E06000066
Somerset
In useSomerset is a local authority in England, published in boundary releases since May 2023.
The May 2026 boundary, generalised to about 100 m.
- Code
- E06000066
- Kind
- Local authority
- Area
- 3,441 km²
- Population
- 588,328Mid-2024 estimate
- In use
- 2023 to now
Where it sits
What it contains
339 LSOAs, as of the December 2021 boundaries
328 parishes, as of the May 2026 boundaries
55 wards, as of the May 2026 boundaries
- Bishop's Hull & Taunton West
- Blackdown & Neroche
- Blackmoor Vale
- Brent
- Bridgwater East & Bawdrip
- Bridgwater North & Central
- Bridgwater South
- Bridgwater West
- Brympton
- Burnham on Sea North
- Cannington
- Castle Cary
- Chard North
- Chard South
- Cheddar
- Coker
- Comeytrowe & Trull
- Crewkerne
- Curry Rivel & Langport
- Dulverton & Exmoor
- Dunster
- Frome East
- Frome North
- Frome West
- Glastonbury
- Highbridge & Burnham South
- Huntspill
- Ilminster
- King Alfred
- Lydeard
- Martock
- Mendip Central and East
- Mendip Hills
- Mendip South
- Mendip West
- Minehead
- Monkton & North Curry
- North Petherton
- Rowbarton & Staplegrove
- Shepton Mallet
- Somerton
- South Petherton & Islemoor
- Street
- Taunton East
- Taunton North
- Taunton South
- Upper Tone
- Watchet & Stogursey
- Wellington
- Wells
- Wincanton & Bruton
- Yeovil Central
- Yeovil East
- Yeovil South
- Yeovil West
What it overlaps
1 ward, as of the December 2019 boundaries
Neighbours
7 local authorities share a border with Somerset, longest border first.
- Dorset 102.5 km
- Mid Devon 52.6 km
- North Devon 48.5 km
- Bath and North East Somerset 43.9 km
- Wiltshire 40.2 km
- North Somerset 30.6 km
- East Devon 26.3 km
Data published for it
35 of the Atlas's datasets publish figures for Somerset itself.
- Adult social care activity in England2025
- Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework, England2025
- Air Quality2024
- Attainment 8 Gap2025
- Broadband Coverage2025
- Car Availability2021
- Child Poverty2022 to 2025 (4 years)
- Claimant Count2026
- Council Tax levels in England2026
- Crime2026
- Ethnicity2021
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions2005 to 2024 (20 years)
- House price to residence-based earnings ratio2025
- Income2025
- Indices of Multiple Deprivation2025
- Jobs2011 to 2024 (14 years)
- Land Area2024
- Life Expectancy2024
- Life Expectancy Series2003 to 2024 (22 years)
- Local authority revenue expenditure and financing2026
- Mobile Coverage2025
- NHS Waiting Times2026
- Planning applications in England2026
- Population (Local Authority)2011 to 2024 (14 years)
- Public electric vehicle chargers by local authority2026
- Qualifications2021
- Road Collisions by Local Authority2024 and 2025
- School Performance (KS4)2025
- Subnational electricity consumption2015 to 2024 (10 years)
- Subnational gas consumption2015 to 2024 (10 years)
- Temporary Accommodation2026
- Travel to Work2021
- UK business: activity, size and location2025
- Unemployment2021
- Workplace income2025
Ask the API
Everything on this page comes from the UK Data Atlas API's geography resolver. These requests return it, for the May 2026 release.
- The areaDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E06000066 - Its boundaryDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E06000066/geometry?tier=medium - Its historyDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E06000066/history - What it sits withinDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E06000066/parents - What it containsDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E06000066/children - Its neighboursDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E06000066/neighbours - What you can ask about itDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E06000066?include=capabilities