Property market
The five-year median is £260,000 from 2,879 recorded sales in TA2. 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.
TA2
UK postcode district
Part of Taunton
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 905
- Current units
- 749
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 7
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- South West
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 156
Postcode sectors in TA2
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
18,346 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 11, Lewis Road, Taunton, TA2 6DU | 29 July 2026 | £620,000 |
| 8, Manor Park, Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton, TA2 6SG | 28 July 2026 | £200,000 |
| 17, Flat 2, Clifton Terrace, Taunton, TA2 7BL | 27 July 2026 | £95,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 18
- Primary
- 10
- Secondary
- 2
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 2,569
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,221
- Shoplifting 286
- Public order 233
- Anti social behaviour 231
- Criminal damage and arson 153
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- TA2 usual residents
- 31,807
- Age-profile population
- 31,994
Age bands in TA2
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 18.4%
- 5,881 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.6%
- 3,399 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.4%
- 8,759 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.1%
- 8,043 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 18.5%
- 5,912 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 738 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, 686 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 563 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 2 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.
GP practices
2
in this district
CROWN MEDICAL CENTRE
CROWN INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, VENTURE WAY, TAUNTON, TA2 8QY
ODS code L85006
LYNGFORD PARK
FLETCHER CLOSE, TAUNTON, TA2 8SQ
ODS code L85062
Evidence in context
Schools
18 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
2,569 published events cover 12 months, averaging 214 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,221 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.