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EX5 2LL

Whimple & Rockbeare · East Devon · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Whimple & Rockbeare
Local authority
East Devon
Constituency
Exmouth and Exeter East
Postcode district
EX5
Postcode sector
EX5 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
EX5 2DR 116 m
EX5 2BN 425 m
EX5 2UL 725 m
EX5 2BA 780 m
EX5 2BL 815 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
EX5 2LL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
EX
Postcode district
EX5
Postcode sector
EX5 2
Latitude
50.731383
Longitude
-3.398792
British National Grid easting
301,378
British National Grid northing
93,353

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
East Devon · E07000040
Electoral ward
Whimple & Rockbeare · E05011809
Parish or community
E04012468
Westminster constituency
Exmouth and Exeter East · E14001232
Output area
E00100673
Lower layer super output area
East Devon 021F · E01034623
Middle layer super output area
East Devon 021 · E02007027

Postcode source versions

Explore EX5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
5
Secondary
1

  1. Rockbeare Church of England Primary School and Pre-School

    Academy converter

    1.7 km

  2. St Martin's CofE Primary & Nursery School

    Academy converter

    2.1 km

  3. Cranbrook Education Campus

    Academy sponsor led

    2.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
84
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 37
  • Public order 16
  • Other theft 11
  • Anti social behaviour 8
  • Criminal damage and arson 5

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
EX5 2 residents
4,881

Age bands in EX5 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.4%

697 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.4%

456 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.7%

859 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.6%

1,576 residents

Age 65 and over
25.9%

1,252 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.

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
50%

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

1

within 5 km

  • CRANBROOK MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code Y04662

    2.1 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

  • Silverdown Office Park

    BCT · Exeter Airport

    0.3 miles

  • Silverdown Office Park

    BCT · Exeter Airport

    0.5 miles

  • Fair Oak Court

    BCT · Exeter Airport

    0.6 miles

  • Fair Oak Court

    BCT · Exeter Airport

    0.6 miles

  • Westcott Road

    BCT · Exeter Airport

    0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for East Devon 021F, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

13,438 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 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.

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

7 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Rockbeare Church of England Primary School and Pre-School is the nearest published school at 1.1 miles.

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

Recorded crime

84 published events cover 12 months, averaging 7 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 37 events.

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