Electoral wardE05014384
Taunton South ward, Somerset
Taunton South is one of 55 electoral wards of Somerset Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 11,284 residents in 4,971 households — 3,188 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Taunton and Wellington constituency.
Residents, 202111,284council ward average 10,392
Households4,9712.27 residents per household
Density3,188/ km²about 3.54 km² · Somerset 166
Aged 65+21.8%Somerset: 24.8% · under 16: 17.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.8% · 537
5–95.4% · 606
10–157.4% · 838
16–195.4% · 607
20–244.4% · 495
25–3411.9% · 1,342
35–4918.9% · 2,137
50–6420.0% · 2,262
65–7412.1% · 1,362
75–846.6% · 746
85+3.1% · 351
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van18.4% · 915
1 car or van44.0% · 2,188
2 cars or vans27.8% · 1,380
3 or more9.8% · 488
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Somerset overall: 67.4% owned, 13.7% social rented, 17.7% private rented.
Owned outright33.5% · 1,663
With mortgage28.3% · 1,405
Shared ownership0.8% · 38
Social rented20.6% · 1,025
Private rented16.8% · 833
Lives rent free0.1% · 5
Type of home
Detached house22.9% · 1,137
Semi-detached house32.2% · 1,603
Terraced house29.0% · 1,442
Purpose-built flat13.2% · 654
Converted house1.6% · 81
Other conversion0.8% · 41
Above shop / office0.3% · 13
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014384- Council
- Somerset Council
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 6 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 East14.7% aged 65+ · 42.7% owned12,017TTaunton North18.8% aged 65+ · 54.0% owned10,497UUpper 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.