This is a list of settlements in Somerset by population based on the results of the 2011 census. The next United Kingdom census will take place in 2021. 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.
| # | Settlement | Borough/District | Population [1][2][3][4] |
Designation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2011 | ||||
| 1 | Bath | Bath and North East Somerset | 89,760 | 94,782 | City |
| 2 | Weston-super-Mare | North Somerset | 77,240 | 83,641 | Town |
| 3 | Taunton | Somerset | 56,760 | 60,479 | Town |
| 4 | Yeovil | Somerset | 42,060 | 45,784 | Town |
| 5 | Bridgwater | Somerset | 36,610 | 41,276 | Town |
| 6 | Frome | Somerset | 24,510 | 26,203 | Town |
| 7 | Portishead | North Somerset | 17,340 | 23,699 | Town |
| 8 | Burnham-on-Sea/Highbridge | Somerset | 21,480 | 23,325 | Town |
| 9 | Clevedon | North Somerset | 21,655 | 21,002 | Town |
| 10 | Nailsea | North Somerset | 17,028 | 16,060 | Town |
| 11 | Keynsham | Bath and North East Somerset | 15,533 | 15,641 | Town |
| 12 | Chard | Somerset | 12,010 | 13,074 | Town |
| 13 | Street | Somerset | 12,170 | 12,911 | Village |
| 14 | Midsomer Norton | Bath and North East Somerset | 11,902 | 12,415 | Town |
| 15 | Minehead | Somerset | 11,700 | 11,981 | Town |
| 16 | Wellington | Somerset | 10,600 | 11,213 | Town |
| 17 | Wells | Somerset | 10,406 | 10,536 | City |
| 18 | Shepton Mallet | Somerset | 8,980 | 10,369 | Town |
| 19 | Radstock | Bath and North East Somerset | 8,818 | 9,419 | Town |
| 20 | Glastonbury | Somerset | 8,429 | 8,471 | Town |
| 21 | Crewkerne | Somerset | 7,520 | 7,826 | Town |
| 22 | Yatton | North Somerset | 7,196 | 7,203 | Village |
| 23 | Peasedown St John | Bath and North East Somerset | 6,127 | 6,269 | Village |
| 24 | Ilminster | Somerset | 4,570 | 5,808 | Town |
| 25 | Wincanton | Somerset | 4,803 | 5,435 | Town |
| 26 | Paulton | Bath and North East Somerset | 4,896 | 5,302 | Village |
| 27 | Long Ashton | North Somerset | 3,940 | 5,254 | Village |
| 28 | Cheddar | Somerset | 4,849 | 5,199 | Village |
| 29 | Pill/Easton-in-Gordano | North Somerset | 4,719 | 4,828 | Village |
| 30 | Somerton | Somerset | 4,133 | 4,697 | Town |
| 31 | Winscombe | North Somerset | 4,332 | 4,546 | Village |
| 32 | Martock | Somerset | 4,309 | 4,522 | Village |
| 33 | Watchet | Somerset | 3,710 | 3,581 | Town |
| 34 | Wedmore | Somerset | 3,145 | 3,318 | Village |
| 35 | North Petherton | Somerset | 3,140 | 3,142 | Town |
| 36 | Bruton | Somerset | 2,945 | 2,907 | Town |
| 37 | South Petherton | Somerset | 2,515 | 2,747 | Village |
| 38 | Williton | Somerset | 2,697 | 2,574 | Village |
| 39 | Castle Cary | Somerset | 2,096 | 2,276 | Town |
| 40 | Wiveliscombe | Somerset | 2,084 | 2,178 | Town |
| 41 | Axbridge | Somerset | 2,024 | 2,057 | Town |
| 42 | Dulverton | Somerset | 1,109 | 1,408 | Town |
| 43 | Langport | Somerset | 2,977 | 1,081 | Town |
