IP12 3AY

Deben · East Suffolk · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Woodbridge
Ward
Deben
Local authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Suffolk Coastal
Postcode district
IP12
Postcode sector
IP12 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
IP12 3AX 169 m
IP11 9RZ 504 m
IP12 3BH 742 m
IP12 3BA 815 m
IP12 3AU 827 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
IP12 3AY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
IP
Postcode district
IP12
Postcode sector
IP12 3
Latitude
51.990167
Longitude
1.394950
British National Grid easting
633,185
British National Grid northing
237,854

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
East Suffolk · E07000244
Electoral ward
Deben · E05012740
Parish or community
E04009369
Westminster constituency
Suffolk Coastal · E14001530
Output area
E00154077
Lower layer super output area
East Suffolk 023E · E01033448
Middle layer super output area
East Suffolk 023 · E02006293

Postcode source versions

Explore IP12

8 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Quay Cottages, 1, Ferry Road, Bawdsey, Woodbridge, IP12 3AY 25 July 2025 £407,500
Quay Cottages, 2, Ferry Road, Bawdsey, Woodbridge, IP12 3AY 3 December 2021 £404,000
Quay Cottages, 1, Ferry Road, Bawdsey, Woodbridge, IP12 3AY 19 October 2015 £345,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
5
Secondary
1
  1. Kingsfleet Primary School

    Community school

    2.5 km
  2. Bawdsey Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.6 km
  3. Felixstowe International College

    Other independent school

    3.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
7
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other theft 2
  • Anti social behaviour 2
  • Burglary 1
  • Criminal damage and arson 1
  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
2

1 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
2.0
IP12 3 residents
5,054

Age bands in IP12 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.8%

648 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.3%

569 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.1%

1,267 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.3%

1,428 residents

Age 65 and over
22.5%

1,135 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider IP12 3 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
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

3

within 5 km

  • GROVE MEDICAL CENTRE

    GROVE ROAD, FELIXSTOWE, IP11 9GA

    ODS code D83048

    3.7 km

  • THE PENINSULA PRACTICE

    MILL HOO, ALDERTON, WOODBRIDGE, IP12 3DA

    ODS code D83054

    4.1 km

  • HOWARD HOUSE SURGERY

    31 ORWELL ROAD, FELIXSTOWE, IP11 7DD

    ODS code D83015

    4.5 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

  • Bawdsey Ferry Landing

    FTD · Bawdsey Ferry

    0.0 miles
  • Quay

    BCT · Bawdsey Ferry

    0.0 miles
  • Bawdsey Ferry Landing

    FBT · Bawdsey Ferry

    0.0 miles
  • Bawdsey Ferry Landing

    FER · Bawdsey Ferry

    0.0 miles
  • Felixstowe for Bawdsey Ferry Landing

    FBT · Felixstowe Ferry

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for East Suffolk 023E, 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

12,955 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
8 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
4
Medium risk addresses
2
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 £405,750 from 2 recorded sales in IP12 3AY. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for East Suffolk is £278,376 in June 2026, up 1.2% year on year.

Schools

7 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Kingsfleet Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.6 miles.

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

Recorded crime

7 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 2 events.

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