Property market
The five-year median is £320,000 from 1,578 recorded sales in IP5. 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.
IP5
UK postcode district
Part of Ipswich and Woodbridge
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 894
- Current units
- 460
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 7
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- East of England
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 434
Postcode sectors in IP5
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
13,021 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 8, The Fishers, Kesgrave, Ipswich, IP5 2BT | 23 July 2026 | £370,000 |
| 30, Dodson Vale, Kesgrave, Ipswich, IP5 2GT | 22 July 2026 | £375,000 |
| 35, Trinity Close, Kesgrave, Ipswich, IP5 1JB | 13 July 2026 | £232,500 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 5
- Primary
- 4
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 795
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 343
- Other crime 138
- Shoplifting 74
- Other theft 52
- Criminal damage and arson 51
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- IP5 usual residents
- 19,674
- Age-profile population
- 19,479
Age bands in IP5
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 17.6%
- 3,426 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.4%
- 2,021 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 21.9%
- 4,263 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.7%
- 5,400 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 22.4%
- 4,369 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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 453 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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%
In this district, 433 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 397 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
2
in this district
EMBRACE MEDICAL CENTRE
TWELVE ACRE APPROACH, IPSWICH, IP5 1JF
ODS code D83084
MARTLESHAM SURGERY
23 THE SQUARE, MARTLESHAM HEATH, IPSWICH, IP5 3SL
ODS code D83080
Evidence in context
Schools
5 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
795 published events cover 12 months, averaging 66 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 343 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.