Property market
The five-year median is £245,000 from 3,872 recorded sales in TA1. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Somerset is £281,571 in June 2026, up 4.5% year on year.
TA1
UK postcode district
Part of Taunton
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,918
- Current units
- 1,178
- Coordinate coverage
- 98%
- Electoral wards
- 8
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- South West
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 740
Postcode sectors in TA1
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
26,713 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 25, Avill Crescent, Taunton, TA1 2PL | 29 July 2026 | £290,000 |
| Whirligig Place, 11, Whirligig Lane, Taunton, TA1 1SQ | 24 July 2026 | £240,000 |
| 23, Killams Green, Taunton, TA1 3YQ | 23 July 2026 | £775,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 17
- Primary
- 10
- Secondary
- 2
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 6,245
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,574
- Shoplifting 816
- Anti social behaviour 682
- Public order 668
- Criminal damage and arson 439
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- TA1 usual residents
- 42,119
- Age-profile population
- 41,992
Age bands in TA1
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 16.5%
- 6,931 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.2%
- 4,286 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.9%
- 10,896 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.2%
- 10,583 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 22.1%
- 9,296 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 1,099 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 1,057 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 767 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 1 postcode unit had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
5
in this district
COLLEGE WAY SURGERY
COMEYTROWE CENTRE, TAUNTON, TA1 4TY
ODS code L85021
FRENCH WEIR HEALTH CENTRE
FRENCH WEIR AVENUE, TAUNTON, TA1 1NW
ODS code L85001
ST JAMES MEDICAL CENTRE
COAL ORCHARD, TAUNTON, TA1 1JP
ODS code L85023
TAUNTON VALE HEALTHCARE
THE BLACKBROOK SURGERY, LISIEUX WAY, TAUNTON, TA1 2LB
ODS code L85014
WARWICK HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE
HOLWAY GREEN, UPPER HOLWAY ROAD, TAUNTON, TA1 2QA
ODS code L85052
Evidence in context
Schools
17 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 2 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
6,245 published events cover 12 months, averaging 520 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,574 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.