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EX5 1YU

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 1PN 95 m
EX5 1QE 308 m
EX5 1AL 479 m
EX5 1PL 556 m
EX5 1QD 597 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
EX5 1YU
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 July 1995
Terminated
1 June 2000
Postcode area
EX
Postcode district
EX5
Postcode sector
EX5 1
Latitude
50.690592
Longitude
-3.409740
British National Grid easting
300,519
British National Grid northing
88,832

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
8
Primary
7
Secondary
0

  1. Woodbury Salterton Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    956 m

  2. Woodbury Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.7 km

  3. Lady Seaward's Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
33
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 20
  • Other theft 4
  • Vehicle crime 3
  • Criminal damage and arson 3
  • Drugs 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

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • WOODBURY SURGERY

    FULFORD WAY, WOODBURY, EXETER, EX5 1NZ

    ODS code L83116

    2.0 km

  • TOPSHAM SURGERY

    HOLMAN WAY, TOPSHAM, EXETER, EX3 0EN

    ODS code L83036

    3.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Church

    BCT · Woodbury Salterton

    0.5 miles

  • Church

    BCT · Woodbury Salterton

    0.5 miles

  • White Cross Road

    BCT · Woodbury Salterton

    0.7 miles

  • White Cross Road

    BCT · Woodbury Salterton

    0.7 miles

  • Cottles Lane

    BCT · Woodbury

    0.9 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

8 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 0 secondary schools. Woodbury Salterton Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 956 m.

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

Recorded crime

33 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 20 events.

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