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TA3 5BJ

Blackdown & Neroche · Somerset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Taunton
Ward
Blackdown & Neroche
Local authority
Somerset
Constituency
Taunton and Wellington
Postcode district
TA3
Postcode sector
TA3 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
TA3 5BG 547 m
TA3 5BH 776 m
TA3 5BQ 790 m
TA3 5BL 899 m
TA3 5SW 926 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
TA3 5BJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
TA
Postcode district
TA3
Postcode sector
TA3 5
Latitude
50.958349
Longitude
-3.063068
British National Grid easting
325,434
British National Grid northing
118,197

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Somerset · E06000066
Electoral ward
Blackdown & Neroche · E05014340
Parish or community
E04008811
Westminster constituency
Taunton and Wellington · E14001540
Output area
E00149119
Lower layer super output area
Somerset West and Taunton 019B · E01029270
Middle layer super output area
Somerset West and Taunton 019 · E02006112

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Staple Park Farm, Staple Fitzpaine, Taunton, TA3 5BJ 20 December 2019 £2,492,400
Staple Park Farm, Staple Fitzpaine, Taunton, TA3 5BJ 20 December 2019 £105,600
Staple Park Farm, Staple Fitzpaine, Taunton, TA3 5BJ 20 December 2019 £500,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
1
Primary
1
Secondary
0

  1. Thurlbear Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    3.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Criminal damage and arson 1
  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
4

2 female, 2 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
4.0
TA3 5 residents
5,851

Age bands in TA3 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.7%

854 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.4%

545 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.9%

1,035 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.5%

1,654 residents

Age 65 and over
29.4%

1,706 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider TA3 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

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

Nearby transport

  • The Greyhound

    BCT · Staple Fitzpaine

    0.6 miles

  • The Greyhound

    BCT · Staple Fitzpaine

    0.6 miles

  • Badger Street Farm

    BCT · Badger Street

    1.1 miles

  • Badger Street Farm

    BCT · Badger Street

    1.1 miles

  • The White Hart

    BCT · Corfe

    1.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Somerset West and Taunton 019B, 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

15,543 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
7 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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Schools

Published establishments

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Thurlbear Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

2 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Criminal damage and arson with 1 events.

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