Electoral wardE05014383
Taunton North ward, Somerset
Taunton North is one of 55 electoral wards of Somerset Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 10,497 residents in 4,618 households — 3,096 people per km², the 25th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Taunton and Wellington constituency.
Residents, 202110,497council ward average 10,392
Households4,6182.27 residents per household
Density3,096/ km²about 3.39 km² · Somerset 166
Aged 65+18.8%Somerset: 24.8% · under 16: 19.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.2% · 651
5–95.9% · 616
10–157.2% · 761
16–194.2% · 442
20–244.8% · 508
25–3414.0% · 1,471
35–4918.9% · 1,982
50–6419.9% · 2,094
65–7410.3% · 1,078
75–845.8% · 614
85+2.7% · 280
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van20.8% · 960
1 car or van44.6% · 2,058
2 cars or vans25.6% · 1,184
3 or more9.0% · 416
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Somerset overall: 67.4% owned, 13.7% social rented, 17.7% private rented.
Owned outright26.2% · 1,212
With mortgage27.8% · 1,282
Shared ownership1.2% · 55
Social rented28.8% · 1,328
Private rented15.6% · 720
Lives rent free0.5% · 21
Type of home
Detached house12.1% · 557
Semi-detached house38.6% · 1,783
Terraced house29.2% · 1,349
Purpose-built flat18.3% · 846
Converted house1.3% · 62
Other conversion0.1% · 6
Above shop / office0.3% · 15
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014383- Council
- Somerset Council
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 7 of 55
Parishes in the ward
Cheddon FitzpaineTauntonWest Monkton
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 East14.7% aged 65+ · 42.7% owned12,017TTaunton 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.