EX21 5TX

Broadheath · Torridge · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
EX21 5BX	823 m
EX21 5TU	1.1 km
EX21 5HE	1.2 km
EX21 5BY	1.2 km
EX21 5UN	1.4 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: EX21 5TX
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: EX
Postcode district: EX21
Postcode sector: EX21 5
Latitude: 50.753603
Longitude: -4.244562
British National Grid easting: 241,769
British National Grid northing: 97,293

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: South West · E12000009
Local authority district: Torridge · E07000046
Electoral ward: Broadheath · E05011921
Parish or community: E04003264
Westminster constituency: Torridge and Tavistock · E14001552
Output area: E00102784
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

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Property

At this postcode

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12 recorded sales at this postcode

Address	Date	Price
Thimble Barn, Halwill, Beaworthy, EX21 5TX	13 May 2026	£460,000
Foxhole Farm, Halwill, Beaworthy, EX21 5TX	14 November 2025	£940,000
Foxhole Moor, Halwill, Beaworthy, EX21 5TX	3 September 2025	£65,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 2
Primary: 2
Secondary: 0

Ashwater Primary School

Community school
3.1 km
Halwill Community Primary School

Community school
3.8 km

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: 27
Postcode households: 13
Residents per household: 2.1
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%

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider EX21 5 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+: 58.3%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+: 58.3%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 58.3%
Gigabit-capable: 58.3%

Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband: 16.7%
Next Generation Access: 66.7%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless: 0%

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

Post Box

BCT · Quoditch
0.9 miles
Post Box

BCT · Quoditch
0.9 miles
Church

BCT · Halwill
1.5 miles
Church

BCT · Halwill
1.5 miles
Ashmill

BCT · Ashwater
2.0 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.

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 £460,000 from 5 recorded sales in EX21 5TX. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Torridge is £260,783 in June 2026, up 3.9% year on year.

Schools

Published establishments

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Ashwater Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.9 miles.

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