This is a list of settlements in Somerset by population based on the results of the 2011 census. In 2011, there were 28 built-up area subdivisions with 5,000 or more inhabitants in Somerset, shown in the table below.

This is not a list of parishes or their populations, but of settlements as defined by the ONS.

Population ranking

#SettlementUnitary authorityPopulationDesignation200120111BathBath and North East Somerset89,76094,782City2Weston-super-MareNorth Somerset77,24083,641Town3TauntonSomerset56,76060,479Town4YeovilSomerset 42,06045,784Town5BridgwaterSomerset36,61041,276Town6FromeSomerset24,51026,203Town7PortisheadNorth Somerset17,34023,699Town8Burnham-on-Sea/HighbridgeSomerset21,48023,325Town9ClevedonNorth Somerset21,65521,002Town10NailseaNorth Somerset17,02816,060Town11KeynshamBath and North East Somerset15,53315,641Town12ChardSomerset12,01013,074Town13StreetSomerset12,17012,911Village14Midsomer NortonBath and North East Somerset11,90212,415Town15MineheadSomerset11,70011,981Town16WellingtonSomerset10,60011,213Town17WellsSomerset 10,40610,536City18Shepton MalletSomerset 8,98010,369Town19RadstockBath and North East Somerset8,8189,419Town20GlastonburySomerset8,4298,471Town21CrewkerneSomerset7,5207,826Town22YattonNorth Somerset7,1967,203Village23Peasedown St JohnBath and North East Somerset6,1276,269Village24IlminsterSomerset4,5705,808Town25WincantonSomerset4,8035,435Town26PaultonBath and North East Somerset4,8965,302Village27Long AshtonNorth Somerset3,9405,254Village28CheddarSomerset4,8495,199Village29Pill/Easton-in-GordanoNorth Somerset4,7194,828Village30SomertonSomerset4,1334,697Town31WinscombeNorth Somerset4,3324,546Village32MartockSomerset4,3094,522Village33WatchetSomerset3,7103,581Town34WedmoreSomerset3,1453,318Village35North PethertonSomerset3,1403,142Town36BrutonSomerset2,9452,907Town37South PethertonSomerset2,5152,747Village38WillitonSomerset2,6972,574Village39Castle CarySomerset2,0962,276Town40WiveliscombeSomerset2,0842,178Town41AxbridgeSomerset2,0242,057Town42DulvertonSomerset1,1091,408Town43LangportSomerset2,9771,081Town

See also

Somerset

References