HR9 5QA

Ross West · Herefordshire, County of · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Ross-On-Wye
Local authority
Herefordshire, County of
Postcode district
HR9
Postcode sector
HR9 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HR9 5PX 94 m
HR9 5UQ 112 m
HR9 5PY 132 m
HR9 5PZ 152 m
HR9 5HU 164 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HR9 5QA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HR
Postcode district
HR9
Postcode sector
HR9 5
Latitude
51.903088
Longitude
-2.589733
British National Grid easting
359,523
British National Grid northing
222,891

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Herefordshire, County of · E06000019
Electoral ward
Ross West · E05009481
Parish or community
E04012406
Output area
E00187314
Lower layer super output area
Herefordshire 022C · E01014063
Middle layer super output area
Herefordshire 022 · E02002926

Postcode source versions

Explore HR9

21 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
37, Purland, Ross-On-Wye, HR9 5QA 28 March 2025 £90,000
5, Purland, Ross-On-Wye, HR9 5QA 3 November 2023 £200,000
6, Purland, Ross-On-Wye, HR9 5QA 17 December 2021 £245,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
7
Secondary
1
  1. St Joseph's RC Primary School and Nursery

    Voluntary aided school

    746 m
  2. Ashfield Park Primary School

    Community school

    847 m
  3. Walford Nursery & Primary School

    Community school

    1.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
475
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 179
  • Shoplifting 61
  • Criminal damage and arson 53
  • Anti social behaviour 50
  • Other theft 43

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
119

53 female, 66 male

Postcode households
58
Residents per household
2.1
HR9 5 residents
7,150

Age bands in HR9 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.2%

892 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.1%

550 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.9%

1,209 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.4%

1,991 residents

Age 65 and over
31.4%

2,121 residents

This postcode contained 1.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HR9 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.

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
0%

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

2

within 5 km

  • PENDEEN SURGERY

    KENT AVENUE, ROSS-ON-WYE, HR9 5AH

    ODS code M81061

    948 m

  • ALTON STREET SURGERY

    ALTON STREET, ROSS-ON-WYE, HR9 5AB

    ODS code M81044

    1.1 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Walford Road

    BCT · Tudorville

    0.0 miles
  • Walford Road

    BCT · Tudorville

    0.0 miles
  • Post Office

    BCT · Tudorville

    0.1 miles
  • Post Office

    BCT · Tudorville

    0.1 miles
  • Duxmere Drive

    BCT · Archenfield

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Herefordshire 022C, 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

17,702 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
6 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
3
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 £200,000 from 3 recorded sales in HR9 5QA. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Herefordshire is £289,715 in June 2026, up 4.8% year on year.

Schools

8 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools. St Joseph's RC Primary School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 746 m.

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

Recorded crime

475 published events cover 12 months, averaging 39.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 179 events.

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