CT5 4BY

Seasalter · Canterbury · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Canterbury
Constituency
Canterbury
Postcode district
CT5
Postcode sector
CT5 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CT5 4BZ 74 m
CT5 4FP 92 m
CT5 4BX 116 m
CT5 4BS 118 m
CT5 4QG 126 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CT5 4BY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CT
Postcode district
CT5
Postcode sector
CT5 4
Latitude
51.341762
Longitude
1.002007
British National Grid easting
609,178
British National Grid northing
164,575

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Canterbury · E07000106
Electoral ward
Seasalter · E05010404
Parish or community
E43000269
Westminster constituency
Canterbury · E14001151
Output area
E00167522
Lower layer super output area
Canterbury 009E · E01024109
Middle layer super output area
Canterbury 009 · E02005018

Postcode source versions

Explore CT5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
12
Primary
9
Secondary
1
  1. Joy Lane Primary Foundation School

    Foundation school

    1.3 km
  2. Whitstable Junior School

    Foundation school

    2.2 km
  3. St Alphege Church of England Infant School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
443
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 182
  • Shoplifting 73
  • Anti social behaviour 41
  • Vehicle crime 39
  • Criminal damage and arson 22

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
81

37 female, 44 male

Postcode households
55
Residents per household
1.5
CT5 4 residents
10,326

Age bands in CT5 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15%

1,480 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.3%

920 residents

Age 25 to 44
18%

1,779 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.5%

2,820 residents

Age 65 and over
29.2%

2,887 residents

This postcode contained 0.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CT5 4 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
100%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • WHITSTABLE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    ESTUARY VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE, ESTUARY VIEW BUSINESS PARK, BOORMAN WAY, WHITSTABLE, CT5 3SE

    ODS code G82071

    746 m

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Seasalter Cross

    BCT · Seasalter

    0.1 miles
  • Seasalter Cross

    BCT · Seasalter

    0.1 miles
  • Lucerne Drive East

    BCT · Seasalter

    0.3 miles
  • Eden Road

    BCT · Seasalter

    0.3 miles
  • Eden Road

    BCT · Seasalter

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Canterbury 009E, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

7 of 10

Overall England rank

20,707 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
9 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
1
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

12 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 1 secondary schools. Joy Lane Primary Foundation School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

443 published events cover 12 months, averaging 36.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 182 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.