EX20 1UJ

Okehampton North · West Devon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Okehampton
Local authority
West Devon
Constituency
Central Devon
Postcode district
EX20
Postcode sector
EX20 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
EX20 1ST 71 m
EX20 1TL 99 m
EX20 1UL 105 m
EX20 1SX 127 m
EX20 1UQ 137 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
EX20 1UJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2001
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
EX
Postcode district
EX20
Postcode sector
EX20 1
Latitude
50.743319
Longitude
-3.987659
British National Grid easting
259,858
British National Grid northing
95,631

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
West Devon · E07000047
Parish or community
E04003342
Westminster constituency
Central Devon · E14001155
Output area
E00102987
Lower layer super output area
West Devon 002A · E01020327
Middle layer super output area
West Devon 002 · E02004230

Postcode source versions

Explore EX20

34 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
5, Howard Close, Okehampton, EX20 1UJ 7 February 2024 £370,000
14, Howard Close, Okehampton, EX20 1UJ 19 January 2024 £335,000
1, Howard Close, Okehampton, EX20 1UJ 14 September 2021 £360,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
2
Secondary
1
  1. St James Church of England Primary and Nursery School

    Free schools

    251 m
  2. The Promise School

    Free schools special

    944 m
  3. The Promise School

    Free schools special

    978 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
654
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 300
  • Criminal damage and arson 72
  • Anti social behaviour 67
  • Public order 46
  • Other theft 38

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
21

10 female, 11 male

Postcode households
13
Residents per household
1.6
EX20 1 residents
9,387

Age bands in EX20 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.3%

1,617 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.4%

971 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.3%

2,177 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.9%

2,423 residents

Age 65 and over
23.2%

2,171 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider EX20 1 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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

  • OKEHAMPTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    EAST STREET, OKEHAMPTON, EX20 1AY

    ODS code L83087

    865 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Hunters Gate

    BCT · Okehampton

    0.1 miles
  • Hunters Gate

    BCT · Okehampton

    0.1 miles
  • Costcutter

    BCT · Okehampton

    0.2 miles
  • The Heathers

    BCT · Okehampton

    0.2 miles
  • Costcutter

    BCT · Okehampton

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Devon 002A, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

20,068 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
10 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

Property market

The five-year median is £360,000 from 3 recorded sales in EX20 1UJ. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for West Devon is £286,145 in June 2026, down 0.7% year on year.

Schools

5 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 1 secondary schools. St James Church of England Primary and Nursery School is the nearest published school at 251 m.

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

Recorded crime

654 published events cover 12 months, averaging 54.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 300 events.

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