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IP5 1DA

Carlford & Fynn Valley · East Suffolk · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Ipswich
Ward
Carlford & Fynn Valley
Local authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
Postcode district
IP5
Postcode sector
IP5 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
IP13 6ND 540 m
IP13 6NE 541 m
IP5 1DB 799 m
IP13 6NB 830 m
IP5 2PE 857 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
IP5 1DA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1997
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
IP
Postcode district
IP5
Postcode sector
IP5 1
Latitude
52.074862
Longitude
1.239021
British National Grid easting
622,062
British National Grid northing
246,782

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
East Suffolk · E07000244
Electoral ward
Carlford & Fynn Valley · E05012737
Parish or community
E04009445
Westminster constituency
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich · E14001156
Output area
E00154123
Lower layer super output area
East Suffolk 021C · E01030221
Middle layer super output area
East Suffolk 021 · E02006292

Postcode source versions

Explore IP5

Property

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1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Heath Cottage, Playford Road, Rushmere St Andrew, Ipswich, IP5 1DA 2 June 2000 £212,000

Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools
23
Primary
16
Secondary
4

  1. Kesgrave High School

    Academy converter

    957 m

  2. Heath Primary School, Kesgrave

    Community school

    1.3 km

  3. Bealings School

    Community school

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
125
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 59
  • Anti social behaviour 16
  • Shoplifting 13
  • Criminal damage and arson 12
  • Other theft 7

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
9
6 female, 3 male
Postcode households
4
Residents per household
2.3
IP5 1 residents
5,380

Age bands in IP5 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.8%
769 residents
Age 15 to 24
8.9%
497 residents
Age 25 to 44
17.9%
1,002 residents
Age 45 to 64
26%
1,455 residents
Age 65 and over
33.4%
1,863 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider IP5 1 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+
60%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
60%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
60%
Gigabit-capable
60%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
60%
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • EMBRACE MEDICAL CENTRE

    TWELVE ACRE APPROACH, IPSWICH, IP5 1JF

    ODS code D83084

    1.4 km

  • MARTLESHAM SURGERY

    23 THE SQUARE, MARTLESHAM HEATH, IPSWICH, IP5 3SL

    ODS code D83080

    2.7 km

  • TWO RIVERS MEDICAL CENTRE

    30 WOODBRIDGE ROAD EAST, IPSWICH, IP4 5PB

    ODS code D83046

    3.4 km

  • FELIXSTOWE ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    235 FELIXSTOWE ROAD, IPSWICH, IP3 9BN

    ODS code D83004

    4.8 km

  • THE DERBY ROAD PRACTICE

    52 DERBY ROAD, IPSWICH, IP3 8DN

    ODS code D83051

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • St Olaves

    BCT · Kesgrave

    940 m

  • Beacon Hill Crossroads

    BCT · Little Bealings

    990 m

  • Bell Lane

    BCT · Kesgrave

    1.0 km

  • Beacon Hill Crossroads

    BCT · Little Bealings

    1.0 km

  • High School

    BCT · Kesgrave

    1.0 km

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for East Suffolk 021C, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,179 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
3 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
1
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
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

Schools

23 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 4 secondary schools. Kesgrave High School is the nearest published school at 957 m.

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

Recorded crime

125 published events cover 12 months, averaging 10 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 59 events.

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