EX17 1BJ

Sandford & Creedy · Mid Devon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town: Crediton
Ward: Sandford & Creedy
Local authority: Mid Devon
Constituency: Central Devon
Postcode district: EX17
Postcode sector: EX17 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
EX17 1BN	328 m
EX17 1BL	482 m
EX17 1BW	807 m
EX17 1BR	810 m
EX17 1BH	1.1 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: EX17 1BJ
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: EX
Postcode district: EX17
Postcode sector: EX17 1
Latitude: 50.799022
Longitude: -3.575768
British National Grid easting: 289,049
British National Grid northing: 101,125

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: South West · E12000009
Local authority district: Mid Devon · E07000042
Electoral ward: Sandford & Creedy · E05014807
Parish or community: E04003047
Westminster constituency: Central Devon · E14001155
Output area: E00101613
Lower layer super output area: Mid Devon 010A · E01020068
Middle layer super output area: Mid Devon 010 · E02004173

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

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Property

At this postcode

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23 recorded sales at this postcode

Address	Date	Price
The Barns, 7, Efford, Crediton, EX17 1BJ	24 July 2026	£390,000
Oak Barn, Efford, Crediton, EX17 1BJ	4 September 2025	£575,000
The Old Press House, Efford, Crediton, EX17 1BJ	19 March 2020	£660,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 3
Primary: 3
Secondary: 0

Newton St Cyres Primary School

Community school
3.0 km
Thorverton Church of England Primary School

Voluntary controlled school
3.6 km
Brampford Speke Church of England Primary School

Voluntary controlled school
4.4 km

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: 50
Postcode households: 15
Residents per household: 3.3
EX17 1 residents: 2,134

Age bands in EX17 1

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 15%
Age 15 to 24: 8.8%
Age 25 to 44: 20.6%
Age 45 to 64: 27.2%
Age 65 and over: 28.4%

This postcode contained 2.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider EX17 1 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates

The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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+: 0%
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: 0%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless: 50%

Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

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

Nearby transport

Lay-by

BCT · Shute
0.5 miles
Lay-by

BCT · Shute
0.5 miles
Raddon Cross

BCT · Raddon Cross
0.7 miles
Raddon Cross

BCT · Raddon Cross
0.7 miles
Newton St Cyres Rail Station

RSE · Newton St Cyres
1.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mid Devon 010A, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

14,722 of 33,755

Income: 7 of 10
Employment: 6 of 10
Education and skills: 8 of 10
Health and disability: 7 of 10
Crime: 10 of 10
Housing and services: 1 of 10
Living environment: 2 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: 0
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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £482,500 from 2 recorded sales in EX17 1BJ. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Mid Devon is £284,283 in June 2026, down 1.1% year on year.

Schools

Published establishments

3 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. Newton St Cyres Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.9 miles.

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