EX21 5DB

Broadheath · Torridge · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Broadheath
Local authority: Torridge
Constituency: Torridge and Tavistock
Postcode district: EX21
Postcode sector: EX21 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
EX21 5DA	586 m
EX21 5DD	595 m
EX21 5DE	764 m
EX22 6RF	1.5 km
EX22 6RD	1.7 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: EX21 5DB
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 February 1990
Terminated: 1 June 1997
Postcode area: EX
Postcode district: EX21
Postcode sector: EX21 5
Latitude: 50.730863
Longitude: -4.317350
British National Grid easting: 236,556
British National Grid northing: 94,923

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: South West · E12000009
Local authority district: Torridge · E07000046
Electoral ward: Broadheath · E05011921
Parish or community: E04003245
Westminster constituency: Torridge and Tavistock · E14001552
Output area: E00102780
Lower layer super output area: Torridge 009C · E01020290
Middle layer super output area: Torridge 009 · E02004228

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

Explore EX21

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 3
Primary: 3
Secondary: 0

Ashwater Primary School

Community school
2.7 km
Clawton Primary School

Academy converter
4.2 km
St Giles-on-the-Heath Community School

Community school
4.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 1
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Other theft 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: Not supplied
Postcode households: Not supplied
Residents per household: Not available
EX21 5 residents: 4,649

Age bands in EX21 5

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 12.6%
Age 15 to 24: 8.5%
Age 25 to 44: 15.7%
Age 45 to 64: 31.9%
Age 65 and over: 31.3%

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.

Nearby transport

Mount Lane

BCT · Henford
0.4 miles
Yeo Farm

BCT · Henford
0.4 miles
Shelter

BCT · Ashwater
1.2 miles
Shelter

BCT · Ashwater
1.2 miles
Arscott Arms

BCT · Chapmans Well
1.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Torridge 009C, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

9,992 of 33,755

Income: 6 of 10
Employment: 5 of 10
Education and skills: 4 of 10
Health and disability: 7 of 10
Crime: 10 of 10
Housing and services: 1 of 10
Living environment: 1 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

3 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. Ashwater Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

1 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 1 events.

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