EX5 2NX

Whimple & Rockbeare · 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 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
EX5 2NU 726 m
EX5 2QZ 742 m
EX5 2NY 792 m
EX5 2QG 809 m
EX5 2NT 825 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
EX5 2NX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
EX
Postcode district
EX5
Postcode sector
EX5 2
Latitude
50.778585
Longitude
-3.358853
British National Grid easting
304,293
British National Grid northing
98,549

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
East Devon · E07000040
Parish or community
E04012469
Westminster constituency
Exmouth and Exeter East · E14001232
Output area
E00180142
Lower layer super output area
East Devon 004F · E01019962
Middle layer super output area
East Devon 004 · E02004132

Postcode source versions

Explore EX5

8 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Rull Barton, Rull Lane, Whimple, Exeter, EX5 2NX 29 February 2024 £730,000
Rull Farm, Rull Lane, Whimple, Exeter, EX5 2NX 5 April 2023 £325,000
Rull Farm, The Gate House, Rull Lane, Whimple, Exeter, EX5 2NX 12 July 2017 £553,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
4
Secondary
0
  1. Whimple Primary School

    Community school

    1.2 km
  2. Clyst Hydon Primary School

    Foundation school

    3.2 km
  3. The Wildings

    Other independent special school

    3.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
29
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 11
  • Criminal damage and arson 8
  • Public order 4
  • Other crime 2
  • Anti social behaviour 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
21

10 female, 11 male

Postcode households
9
Residents per household
2.3
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

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider EX5 2 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+
45.5%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
45.5%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
45.5%
Gigabit-capable
45.5%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
9.1%

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.

Nearby transport

  • Station Road

    BCT · Whimple

    0.7 miles
  • Station Road

    BCT · Whimple

    0.7 miles
  • Whimple Rail Station

    RSE · Whimple

    0.8 miles
  • Whimple Rail Station

    RLY · Whimple

    0.8 miles
  • The Square

    BCT · Whimple

    0.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for East Devon 004F, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,734 of 33,755

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

Property market

The five-year median is £527,500 from 2 recorded sales in EX5 2NX. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for East Devon is £345,757 in June 2026, up 3.5% year on year.

Schools

6 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools. Whimple Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

29 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 11 events.

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