Taunton North Town

Somerset · South West · population 11,462 · 6 LSOAs

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

48Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,528 of 6,856 in England
  • #442 of 710 in South West
  • #42 of 71 in Somerset
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,306
Median age (est.)38
Density4,906per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above37%
No car or van25%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 34%45–64 23%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 28%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 38%
Own outright 28%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 9%Private rent 38%

Households

One person: 40%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 19%Lone parent: 9%Other: 14%
One person 40%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 19%Lone parent 9%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Associate professional 13% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Associate professional13%
Caring & leisure12%
Skilled trades11%
Managers & directors10%
Elementary10%
Administrative9%
Process & plant8%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

White: 91%Asian: 4%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 2%
White 91%Asian 4%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 2%

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 44% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 19%

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 North Town sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,528 of 6,856 in England, and #42 of 71 in Somerset. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (79) but weak on Crime (16). Typical homes here, about £240,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 36% in five years (from 160 sales), 16% below the wider Somerset median of £285,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,426 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £37,885 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 149 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 60 · #2,767
Employment 54 · #3,117
Education 43 · #3,899
Health 40 · #4,077
Crime 16 · #5,763
Housing & access 79 · #1,458
Living environment 26 · #5,105

House prices ?

£240,000median (12m) · +8.4% yr · n=160
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£240,000160+8.4%+35.6%
Detached£347,5006-8.6%
Semi-detached£292,50029+5.4%+41.0%
Terraced£242,25086+3.5%+31.8%
Flat£155,00039+1.3%+14.8%
This area£240,000
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)£37,885±£5,367 · #4,086 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,378
Price-to-income ?6.3×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than 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 ?

79Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

149 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,704 offences
Somerset79
South West71
England83

Rank #5,896 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences717
Theft490
Burglary34
Vehicle crime39
Criminal damage & arson120
Public order & weapons204
Drugs18
Robbery49
Other33

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 293 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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