Property market
The five-year median is £263,000 from 1,862 recorded sales in TA20. 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.
TA20
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,044
- Current units
- 847
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 8
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- South West
- Local authority codes
- 3
- Terminated postcode units
- 197
Postcode sectors in TA20
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
12,497 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 61, The Maltings, Chard, TA20 1PL | 16 July 2026 | £132,000 |
| Trelowena, Furnham Crescent, Chard, TA20 1AZ | 15 July 2026 | £375,000 |
| 12, The Maltings, Chard, TA20 1PL | 15 July 2026 | £105,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 11
- Primary
- 8
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 1,988
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 853
- Anti social behaviour 198
- Public order 193
- Shoplifting 185
- Criminal damage and arson 153
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- TA20 usual residents
- 21,578
- Age-profile population
- 21,741
Age bands in TA20
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 15.4%
- 3,345 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.3%
- 2,021 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 20.8%
- 4,528 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.5%
- 5,988 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 26.9%
- 5,859 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 833 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, 649 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 460 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 11 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
1
in this district
ARIEL HEALTHCARE
SUMMERFIELDS RD, SPRINGMEAD, CHARD, TA20 2EW
ODS code L85030
Evidence in context
Schools
11 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
1,988 published events cover 12 months, averaging 166 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 853 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.