West Pennard has a population of 670, making it the 78th largest place in Somerset.
#78
of 147 in Somerset
The other populations of West Pennard
Depending on where you draw the boundary, West Pennard has between 360 and 670 residents. Both are correct.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
670 | GeoNames |
| The built-up area Continuous development, where buildings sit less than 200m apart. Drawn from where the buildings are, not where the council boundary is. |
360 | ONS Census 2021 (2021) |
Why these differ: which population figure is right? · compare with another place
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Somerset population trends, 2001–2024.
West Pennard in context
5 km
south-west to Butleigh, the nearest larger town
50,805
people live within 10 km
#4,725
largest of 6,358 UK places
Distances are straight-line from the settlement's recorded coordinates. The 10 km figure sums the recorded places within that radius, so it describes how built-up the surroundings are rather than people per square kilometre.
The centre of West Pennard sits in postcode district BA6.
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Population since 2001
Somerset, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district BA6
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile
Nearby in Somerset
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Butleigh | 712 |
| 2 | Henlade | 700 |
| 3 | Carhampton | 687 |
| 4 | Pilton | 646 |
| 5 | Othery | 642 |
| 6 | Kingsbury Episcopi | 641 |