EX5 1HB

Woodbury & Lympstone · East Devon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
East Devon
Postcode district
EX5
Postcode sector
EX5 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
EX5 1HA 576 m
EX5 1PZ 1.1 km
EX5 1QB 1.2 km
EX5 1ED 1.3 km
EX5 1EZ 1.4 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
EX5 1HB
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 January 2003
Postcode area
EX
Postcode district
EX5
Postcode sector
EX5 1
Latitude
50.678285
Longitude
-3.370136
British National Grid easting
303,291
British National Grid northing
87,411

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
E00101063
Lower layer super output area
East Devon 014B · E01019964
Middle layer super output area
East Devon 014 · E02004142

Postcode source versions

Explore EX5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
4
Secondary
0
  1. Woodbury Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.1 km
  2. Woodbury Salterton Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.4 km
  3. Mill Water School

    Academy special converter

    3.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
16
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 8
  • Anti social behaviour 3
  • Other theft 2
  • Other crime 1
  • Shoplifting 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • WOODBURY SURGERY

    FULFORD WAY, WOODBURY, EXETER, EX5 1NZ

    ODS code L83116

    2.2 km

Nearby transport

  • White Cross Road

    BCT · Woodbury Salterton

    1.2 miles
  • White Cross Road

    BCT · Woodbury Salterton

    1.2 miles
  • Cottles Lane

    BCT · Woodbury

    1.2 miles
  • Cottles Lane

    BCT · Woodbury

    1.3 miles
  • Broadway (Couches Lane)

    BCT · Woodbury

    1.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for East Devon 014B, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

29,057 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
4 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

6 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools. Woodbury Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.3 miles.

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

Recorded crime

16 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 8 events.

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