EX5 1FA

Woodbury & Lympstone · 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 1DX 32 m
EX5 1LS 33 m
EX5 1RD 36 m
EX5 1LR 51 m
EX5 1LU 51 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
EX5 1FA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 March 2009
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
EX
Postcode district
EX5
Postcode sector
EX5 1
Latitude
50.675710
Longitude
-3.401425
British National Grid easting
301,075
British National Grid northing
87,166

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
East Devon · E07000040
Parish or community
E04003000
Westminster constituency
Exmouth and Exeter East · E14001232
Output area
E00101060
Lower layer super output area
East Devon 013C · E01019963
Middle layer super output area
East Devon 013 · E02004141

Postcode source versions

Explore EX5

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Suffolk Cottage, Greenway, Woodbury, Exeter, EX5 1FA 29 January 2018 £195,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
7
Secondary
0
  1. Woodbury Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    195 m
  2. Woodbury Salterton Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.8 km
  3. St Peter's Preparatory School

    Other independent school

    2.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
79
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 38
  • Anti social behaviour 8
  • Criminal damage and arson 8
  • Other theft 7
  • Other crime 6

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
2

1 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
2.0
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% 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
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

2

within 5 km

  • WOODBURY SURGERY

    FULFORD WAY, WOODBURY, EXETER, EX5 1NZ

    ODS code L83116

    211 m

  • TOPSHAM SURGERY

    HOLMAN WAY, TOPSHAM, EXETER, EX3 0EN

    ODS code L83036

    4.4 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

  • Greenway

    BCT · Woodbury

    0.1 miles
  • Greenway

    BCT · Woodbury

    0.1 miles
  • The Arch

    BCT · Woodbury

    0.1 miles
  • The Arch

    BCT · Woodbury

    0.2 miles
  • Broadway (Meadow View)

    BCT · Woodbury

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for East Devon 013C, 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

25,129 of 33,755

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

Schools

8 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 0 secondary schools. Woodbury Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 195 m.

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

Recorded crime

79 published events cover 12 months, averaging 6.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 38 events.

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