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TA19

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Ilminster, in Somerset.

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an TA19 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In TA19, 85.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£285,000
Joint 1,027th cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
12,060
846th least populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
85.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How TA19 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

TA19Middle
Median sale price22 postcode districts, TA · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in TA22 areas from £235,000 to £393,750. The middle area is £275,625. TA19 is £285,000.
£285,000joint 9th most expensive
Population24 postcode districts, TA · 2021
Population: every postcode district in TA24 areas from 652 to 53,134. The middle area is 12,309. TA19 is 12,060.
12,06012th least populated
Gigabit broadband coverage24 postcode districts, TA · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in TA24 areas from 7.9% to 95.7%. The middle area is 72.7%. TA19 is 85.5%.
85.5%8th highest
Claimant rate23 postcode districts, TA · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in TA23 areas from 1.5% to 3.3%. The middle area is 2.5%. TA19 is 2.1%.
2.1%9th lowest

Is TA19 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in TA19 at a rate of 47.8 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 95.6 per 1,000 people across the TA postcode area.

In August 2026 alone, 39 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in TA19.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (268), other crime (102) and anti-social behaviour (81).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in TA19 was 43.1 per 1,000 people.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Deprivation in TA19, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so TA19 has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in TA19

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
South Somerset 007C1,77426.5 per 1,000570.1%
South Somerset 010C1,58229.6 per 1,000691.3%
South Somerset 019A1,94585.6 per 1,000592.1%
South Somerset 019B2,65355.3 per 1,000790.1%
South Somerset 019C1,54752.8 per 1,000588.2%
South Somerset 019D1,28049.1 per 1,000680.0%
South Somerset 019E1,34021.2 per 1,000772.4%

MPs for TA19

As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

Middle areas in TA191

Postcode sectors in TA192

Council1

Postcode districts next to TA195

More in the TA postcode area2

TA19 in brief

TA19 is a postcode district covering Ilminster, in Somerset.

About 12,146 people lived in TA19 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £285,000 in 2025 across 215 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 47.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in TA19 was £285,000 in 2025.

TA19 had 12,060 usual residents at the census.

In TA19, 85.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In TA19, 2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.