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EX8 5AR

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
EX8
Postcode sector
EX8 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
EX8 5AP 223 m
EX8 5AL 247 m
EX8 5AW 257 m
EX3 0PT 362 m
EX3 0PX 420 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
EX8 5AR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
EX
Postcode district
EX8
Postcode sector
EX8 5
Latitude
50.664186
Longitude
-3.434942
British National Grid easting
298,682
British National Grid northing
85,930

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
E00165906
Lower layer super output area
East Devon 014B · E01019964
Middle layer super output area
East Devon 014 · E02004142

Postcode source versions

Explore EX8

Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools
17
Primary
14
Secondary
1

  1. Lympstone Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.7 km

  2. St Peter's Preparatory School

    Other independent school

    2.1 km

  3. Woodbury Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
32
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 14
  • Other theft 5
  • Drugs 3
  • Other crime 3
  • Anti social behaviour 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
726
18 female, 708 male
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
EX8 5 residents
7,559

Age bands in EX8 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.3%
1,141 residents
Age 15 to 24
8.3%
550 residents
Age 25 to 44
22.6%
1,492 residents
Age 45 to 64
28.7%
1,900 residents
Age 65 and over
23.1%
1,531 residents

This postcode contained 9.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider EX8 5 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.

GP practices

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • WOODBURY SURGERY

    FULFORD WAY, WOODBURY, EXETER, EX5 1NZ

    ODS code L83116

    2.7 km

  • TOPSHAM SURGERY

    HOLMAN WAY, TOPSHAM, EXETER, EX3 0EN

    ODS code L83036

    2.9 km

  • WESTBANK PRACTICE

    THE LIMES SURGERY, CHURCH STILE, EXMINSTER, EXETER, EX6 8DF

    ODS code L83041

    4.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Marine Camp

    BCT · Lympstone

    49 m

  • Marine Camp

    BCT · Lympstone

    62 m

  • Lympstone Commando Rail Station

    RSE · Lympstone

    455 m

  • Lympstone Commando Rail Station

    RLY · Lympstone

    470 m

  • Exton Village

    BCT · Exton

    485 m

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

17 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 1 secondary schools. Lympstone Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.7 km.

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

Recorded crime

32 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 14 events.

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