EX5 1AB

Clyst Valley · East Devon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Exeter
Local authority
East Devon
Postcode district
EX5
Postcode sector
EX5 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
EX5 1DE 143 m
EX5 1GB 145 m
EX5 1DF 186 m
EX5 1DD 273 m
EX5 1GD 286 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
EX5 1AB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
EX
Postcode district
EX5
Postcode sector
EX5 1
Latitude
50.705807
Longitude
-3.445857
British National Grid easting
298,001
British National Grid northing
90,573

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
East Devon · E07000040
Parish or community
E04002953
Westminster constituency
Exmouth and Exeter East · E14001232
Output area
E00100702
Lower layer super output area
East Devon 014A · E01019898
Middle layer super output area
East Devon 014 · E02004142

Postcode source versions

Explore EX5

5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Ferndale, Church Lane, Clyst St Mary, Exeter, EX5 1AB 16 November 2022 £1,005,000
Ferndale, Church Lane, Clyst St Mary, Exeter, EX5 1AB 31 July 2020 £750,000
The Barns, 2, Church Lane, Clyst St Mary, Exeter, EX5 1AB 20 April 2018 £245,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
31
Primary
19
Secondary
3
  1. Clyst St Mary Primary School

    Community school

    698 m
  2. Lady Seaward's Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.8 km
  3. Trinity CofE Primary and Nursery School

    Academy converter

    2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
60
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 28
  • Criminal damage and arson 8
  • Other theft 7
  • Public order 4
  • Drugs 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
9

5 female, 4 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
2.3
EX5 1 residents
4,183

Age bands in EX5 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16%

648 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.5%

302 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.8%

801 residents

Age 45 to 64
28%

1,133 residents

Age 65 and over
28.7%

1,162 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider EX5 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
33.3%

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

10

within 5 km

  • TOPSHAM SURGERY

    HOLMAN WAY, TOPSHAM, EXETER, EX3 0EN

    ODS code L83036

    2.7 km

  • HILL BARTON SURGERY

    1 LOWER HILL BARTON ROAD, EXETER, EX1 3EN

    ODS code L83143

    3.2 km

  • WONFORD GREEN SURGERY

    BURNTHOUSE LANE, EXETER, EX2 6NF

    ODS code L83655

    3.9 km

  • PINHOE SURGERY

    PINN LANE, PINHOE, EXETER, EX1 3SY

    ODS code L83040

    3.9 km

  • WHIPTON SURGERY

    378 PINHOE ROAD, WHIPTON, EXETER, EX4 8EG

    ODS code L83115

    4.3 km

  • WESTBANK PRACTICE

    THE LIMES SURGERY, CHURCH STILE, EXMINSTER, EXETER, EX6 8DF

    ODS code L83041

    4.5 km

  • HEAVITREE PRACTICE

    HEAVITREE HEALTH CENTRE, SOUTH LAWN TERRACE, EXETER, EX1 2RX

    ODS code L83077

    4.6 km

  • SOUTH LAWN MEDICAL PRACTICE

    HEAVITREE HEALTH CENTRE, SOUTH LAWN TERRACE, EXETER, EX1 2RX

    ODS code L83084

    4.6 km

  • WOODBURY SURGERY

    FULFORD WAY, WOODBURY, EXETER, EX5 1NZ

    ODS code L83116

    4.8 km

  • CRANBROOK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    YOUNGHAYES CENTRE, YOUNGHAYES ROAD, CRANBROOK, EXETER, EX5 7DR

    ODS code Y04662

    5.0 km

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

  • St. Bridgets Nursery

    BCT · Clyst St Mary

    0.2 miles
  • St. Bridgets Nursery

    BCT · Clyst St Mary

    0.2 miles
  • Westpoint

    BCT · Clyst St Mary

    0.2 miles
  • Westpoint Arena

    BCT · Clyst St Mary

    0.3 miles
  • Shelter

    BCT · Clyst St Mary

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for East Devon 014A, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

25,785 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
3 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
1
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 £1,005,000 from 1 recorded sale in EX5 1AB. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for East Devon is £345,757 in June 2026, up 3.5% year on year.

Schools

31 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 3 secondary schools. Clyst St Mary Primary School is the nearest published school at 698 m.

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

Recorded crime

60 published events cover 12 months, averaging 5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 28 events.

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