Taunton postcode area Census 2021

96.4% people are white, 1.6% people are asian, 1.2% people are mixed.
50.7% are Christian, 41.3% have no religion, 6.4% provided no answer.
41.7% households have 1 car, 30.6% households have 2 cars, 14.5% households have no car.

Taunton population ethnic group

Ethnicity	Taunton postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
Asian	1.6%	9.3%
Black	0.4%	4.0%
Mixed	1.2%	2.9%
Other	0.5%	2.1%
White	96.4%	81.7%

Taunton population health

Health	Taunton postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
very good	44.9%	48.4%
good	35.4%	33.6%
average	14.2%	12.7%
poor	4.3%	4.0%
very poor	1.1%	1.2%

Taunton population religion

Religion	Taunton postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
Buddhist	0.3%	0.5%
Christian	50.7%	46.2%
Hindu	0.2%	1.7%
Jewish	0.1%	0.5%
Muslim	0.5%	6.5%
No answer	6.4%	6.0%
No religion	41.3%	37.2%
Other	0.0%	0.9%
Sikh	0.6%	0.6%

Taunton population economic activity

Economic activity	Taunton postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
Employee	44.1%	46.0%
Empl. owner w/ empl.	1.5%	1.5%
Empl. self, no empl.	8.8%	7.9%
Empl. student	1.2%	1.7%
Inactive home,family	3.7%	4.8%
Inactive sick,other	6.2%	7.3%
Retired	29.3%	21.6%
Student, no work	3.2%	6.3%
Unemployed	2.0%	2.8%

Taunton car availability in a household

On average, there are 1.44 cars per household in Taunton postcode area. In England and Wales it's 1.23 cars per household.

Number of cars in a household	Taunton postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
No car	14.5%	23.3%
1 car	41.7%	41.3%
2 cars	30.6%	26.2%
3+ cars	13.2%	9.2%

Taunton household deprivation

A : very good .. E : very bad. A : household is not deprived, B : deprived in 1 dimension, ... E : household is deprived in all four dimensions (education, employment, health, housing).