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TA21 9LW

Blackdown & Neroche · Somerset · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Wellington
Ward
Blackdown & Neroche
Local authority
Somerset
Constituency
Taunton and Wellington
Postcode district
TA21
Postcode sector
TA21 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
TA21 9LL 863 m
TA21 9LN 886 m
TA3 7NZ 889 m
TA21 9LP 904 m
TA3 7SZ 1.0 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
TA21 9LW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
TA
Postcode district
TA21
Postcode sector
TA21 9
Latitude
50.965549
Longitude
-3.157963
British National Grid easting
318,782
British National Grid northing
119,098

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Somerset · E06000066
Electoral ward
Blackdown & Neroche · E05014340
Parish or community
E04008808
Westminster constituency
Taunton and Wellington · E14001540
Output area
E00149066
Lower layer super output area
Somerset West and Taunton 019A · E01029261
Middle layer super output area
Somerset West and Taunton 019 · E02006112

Postcode source versions

Explore TA21

Property

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7 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Chelmsine Chapel, West Buckland, Wellington, TA21 9LW 30 August 2024 £725,000
Lower Combe Cottage, West Buckland, Wellington, TA21 9LW 16 September 2019 £415,000
Budleigh House Farm, West Buckland, Wellington, TA21 9LW 26 June 2018 £690,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
5
Secondary
0

  1. West Buckland Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.7 km

  2. Trull Church of England VA Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    4.1 km

  3. Orchard Grove Primary School

    Free schools

    4.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
47
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 22
  • Public order 6
  • Other theft 5
  • Anti social behaviour 3
  • Criminal damage and arson 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
34

14 female, 20 male

Postcode households
15
Residents per household
2.3
TA21 9 residents
8,666

Age bands in TA21 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.8%

1,327 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.6%

724 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.6%

1,809 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.6%

2,313 residents

Age 65 and over
26.5%

2,221 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider TA21 9 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
0%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

  • M5 Services Southbound

    BCT · Sweethay

    0.9 miles

  • M5 Services Northbound

    BCT · Sweethay

    1.0 miles

  • County Primary School

    BCT · West Buckland

    1.1 miles

  • County Primary School

    BCT · West Buckland

    1.1 miles

  • West Buckland War Memorial

    BCT · Sawyers Hill

    1.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Somerset West and Taunton 019A, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,719 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £725,000 from 1 recorded sale in TA21 9LW. 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.

Schools

7 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 0 secondary schools. West Buckland Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.1 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

47 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 22 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.