Property market
The five-year median is £277,000 from 163 recorded sales in TA16. 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.
TA16
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 63
- Current units
- 56
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 2
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- South West
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 7
Postcode sectors in TA16
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
1,119 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 24, Glebelands, Merriott, TA16 5RE | 18 June 2026 | £250,000 |
| 1, The Close, Merriott, TA16 5PE | 18 June 2026 | £315,000 |
| 11, Orchard Drive, Merriott, TA16 5AA | 5 June 2026 | £315,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 1
- Primary
- 1
- Secondary
- 0
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 98
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 41
- Other theft 18
- Anti social behaviour 15
- Criminal damage and arson 14
- Public order 4
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- TA16 usual residents
- 1,982
- Age-profile population
- 2,071
Age bands in TA16
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 13%
- 269 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.7%
- 201 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 18.6%
- 385 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.9%
- 599 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 29.8%
- 617 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 56 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, 54 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 46 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units 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.
Evidence in context
Schools
1 open school is in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
98 published events cover 12 months, averaging 8 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 41 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.