Property market
The five-year median is £255,000 from 504 recorded sales in TA23. 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.
TA23
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 307
- Current units
- 254
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 3
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- South West
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 53
Postcode sectors in TA23
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
3,454 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 13, Portland Terrace, Watchet, TA23 0DD | 16 July 2026 | £165,000 |
| 8, Gladstone Terrace, Watchet, TA23 0DP | 9 July 2026 | £212,000 |
| Mount Pleasant, 4, The Rope Walk, Watchet, TA23 0ET | 29 June 2026 | £132,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 2
- Primary
- 2
- Secondary
- 0
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 707
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 335
- Anti social behaviour 91
- Criminal damage and arson 82
- Public order 63
- Shoplifting 36
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- TA23 usual residents
- 5,732
- Age-profile population
- 5,928
Age bands in TA23
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 13.3%
- Age 15 to 24
- 7.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 18%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 32.7%
790 residents
448 residents
1,070 residents
1,684 residents
1,936 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 251 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- 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
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 2.9%
207 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 51 had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, and 4 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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Evidence in context
Schools
2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
707 published events cover 12 months, averaging 58.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 335 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.