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EX5 1PL

Woodbury & Lympstone · East Devon · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Woodbury & Lympstone
Local authority
East Devon
Constituency
Exmouth and Exeter East
Postcode district
EX5
Postcode sector
EX5 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
EX5 1PH 116 m
EX5 1PQ 178 m
EX5 1PJ 187 m
EX5 1QS 216 m
EX5 1EJ 252 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
EX5 1PL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
EX
Postcode district
EX5
Postcode sector
EX5 1
Latitude
50.693484
Longitude
-3.403328
British National Grid easting
300,978
British National Grid northing
89,145

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
East Devon · E07000040
Electoral ward
Woodbury & Lympstone · E05011810
Parish or community
E04003000
Westminster constituency
Exmouth and Exeter East · E14001232
Output area
E00100954
Lower layer super output area
East Devon 013B · E01019945
Middle layer super output area
East Devon 013 · E02004141

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
5
Secondary
0

  1. Woodbury Salterton Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    545 m

  2. Woodbury Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.9 km

  3. Lady Seaward's Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
40
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 23
  • Other theft 5
  • Criminal damage and arson 4
  • Vehicle crime 2
  • Anti social behaviour 2

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

2

within 5 km

  • WOODBURY SURGERY

    FULFORD WAY, WOODBURY, EXETER, EX5 1NZ

    ODS code L83116

    2.2 km

  • TOPSHAM SURGERY

    HOLMAN WAY, TOPSHAM, EXETER, EX3 0EN

    ODS code L83036

    4.3 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Church

    BCT · Woodbury Salterton

    0.2 miles

  • Church

    BCT · Woodbury Salterton

    0.2 miles

  • White Cross Road

    BCT · Woodbury Salterton

    0.6 miles

  • White Cross Road

    BCT · Woodbury Salterton

    0.6 miles

  • Greendale Barton

    BCT · Nine Oaks

    0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for East Devon 013B, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,372 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 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 5 primary and 0 secondary schools. Woodbury Salterton Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 545 m.

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

Recorded crime

40 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 23 events.

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