Taunton Holway & Lambrook

Somerset · South West · population 8,391 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

13Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,955 of 6,856 in England
  • #681 of 710 in South West
  • #69 of 71 in Somerset
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,394
Median age (est.)39
Density4,390per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above22%
No car or van27%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 11%25–44 27%45–64 24%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 21%Mortgage/shared: 23%Social rent: 45%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 21%Mortgage/shared 23%Social rent 45%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 17%Other: 13%
One person 33%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 17%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Caring & leisure 18% · Elementary 15% · Professional 12%

All occupation groups
Caring & leisure18%
Elementary15%
Professional12%
Skilled trades11%
Sales & customer service10%
Process & plant10%
Associate professional9%
Managers & directors8%
Administrative7%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

No religion 48% · Christian 44% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 11%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Taunton Holway & Lambrook is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,955 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #69 of 71 in Somerset. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (87) but weak on Education (9). Typical homes here, about £250,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 28% in five years (from 68 sales), 12% below the wider Somerset median of £285,000. Typical household take-home income is around £34,664 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 130 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 14 · #5,914
Employment 12 · #6,003
Education 9 · #6,257
Health 13 · #5,935
Crime 10 · #6,133
Housing & access 59 · #2,781
Living environment 87 · #903

House prices ?

£250,000median (12m) · +9.9% yr · n=68
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£250,00068+9.9%+28.2%
Detached£422,50011+44.4%
Semi-detached£250,00024+6.8%+8.7%
Terraced£240,00024+2.6%+26.3%
Flat£132,0009-2.2%+11.9%
This area£250,000
Somerset£285,000
South West£310,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£34,664±£4,903 · #5,133 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,173
Price-to-income ?7.2×typical home ÷ net income — similar to the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

27Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

130 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,090 offences
Somerset79
South West71
England83

Rank #5,644 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences638
Theft121
Burglary26
Vehicle crime22
Criminal damage & arson109
Public order & weapons119
Drugs6
Robbery13
Other36

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 159 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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