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Overview

South West · Unitary authority

North Somerset

2026/27 view

North Somerset · ONS E06000024

Financial position as at 2026/27 Q1 quarter end

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PEOPLE AND PLACE

Population and community profile

Latest official statistics
Population 224,578 2024
South West region 5,889,695
North Somerset represents 3.81% of the region's population
Five-year population change
+9,038 residents ↑ 4.2%
2019: 215,540 residents2020: 215,850 residents2021: 217,385 residents2022: 219,064 residents2023: 221,927 residents2024: 224,578 residents
North Somerset +4.2%
South West +4.4%
England +4.3%
Growth context

North Somerset's population grew over five years. Its change was broadly in line with the South West and broadly in line with England.

2019–2024 ONS mid-year estimates
Population estimates and labour-market measures from ONS/Nomis.Official profile
AIR QUALITY

How clean is the air?

Long-term particulate pollution across the council area, alongside measurements from local UK-AIR monitoring stations.

Defra 2,024
POPULATION-WEIGHTED ANNUAL MEAN

Fine particulate matter

5.5 µg/m³

PM2.5 · 2,024

Human-related sources 5.1 µg/m³
Other sources 0.5 µg/m³
Modelled population-weighted annual concentration across the local authority area. This is not a live sensor reading.
LONG-TERM TREND

PM2.5 over time

45.5%
10.2 5.4
2011: 10.17 µg/m³ 2012: 9.32 µg/m³ 2013: 9.98 µg/m³ 2014: 9.65 µg/m³ 2015: 8.24 µg/m³ 2016: 9.04 µg/m³ 2017: 8.07 µg/m³ 2018: 8.18 µg/m³ 2019: 7.95 µg/m³ 2020: 6.81 µg/m³ 2021: 6.72 µg/m³ 2022: 6.46 µg/m³ 2023: 5.44 µg/m³ 2024: 5.54 µg/m³
2011 2024
Since 2011 ↓ 45.5%
5 years ↓ 30.3%
10 years ↓ 42.6%
CURRENT MONITORING

Latest station measurement

UK-AIR
No active UK-AIR monitoring station is currently mapped to this council.
HEALTH IMPACT

Particulate air pollution

4.2% of mortality attributable to particulate air pollution
2024 Not compared

This OHID measure estimates the mortality burden associated with particulate air pollution. It is a health-impact measure, not a pollution concentration.

Annual PM2.5 is Defra Pollution Climate Mapping data. Monitoring readings are station-specific UK-AIR measurements and may be provisional. Defra source