Electoral wardE05014382
Taunton East ward, Somerset
Taunton East is one of 55 electoral wards of Somerset Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 12,017 residents in 5,483 households — 4,413 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Taunton and Wellington constituency.
Residents, 202112,017council ward average 10,392
Households5,4832.19 residents per household
Density4,413/ km²about 2.72 km² · Somerset 166
Aged 65+14.7%Somerset: 24.8% · under 16: 19.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.4% · 773
5–96.5% · 782
10–156.5% · 782
16–193.9% · 465
20–246.1% · 730
25–3417.4% · 2,093
35–4921.3% · 2,559
50–6417.2% · 2,073
65–747.6% · 915
75–844.8% · 576
85+2.3% · 271
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van28.4% · 1,559
1 car or van46.4% · 2,544
2 cars or vans19.4% · 1,066
3 or more5.7% · 314
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Somerset overall: 67.4% owned, 13.7% social rented, 17.7% private rented.
Owned outright21.6% · 1,182
With mortgage21.2% · 1,162
Shared ownership0.6% · 34
Social rented25.8% · 1,417
Private rented30.6% · 1,680
Lives rent free0.2% · 9
Type of home
Detached house8.9% · 489
Semi-detached house29.4% · 1,613
Terraced house27.0% · 1,482
Purpose-built flat27.9% · 1,529
Converted house3.7% · 203
Other conversion1.1% · 60
Above shop / office1.8% · 101
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014382- Council
- Somerset Council
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 2 of 55
Parishes in the ward
Taunton
Other wards in the same constituency
BBishop's Hull & Taunton West25.0% aged 65+ · 62.0% owned10,962BBlackdown & Neroche26.6% aged 65+ · 71.7% owned10,906CComeytrowe & Trull30.2% aged 65+ · 76.3% owned10,060LLydeard20.1% aged 65+ · 71.8% owned10,935MMonkton & North Curry21.9% aged 65+ · 75.3% owned12,893RRowbarton & Staplegrove21.0% aged 65+ · 65.0% owned10,498TTaunton North18.8% aged 65+ · 54.0% owned10,497TTaunton South21.8% aged 65+ · 61.7% owned11,284UUpper Tone30.2% aged 65+ · 76.0% owned9,413WWellington24.9% aged 65+ · 66.3% owned13,040
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.