IP5 3PJ

Martlesham & Purdis Farm · East Suffolk · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Ipswich
Local authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Suffolk Coastal
Postcode district
IP5
Postcode sector
IP5 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
IP5 3PH 43 m
IP5 3SL 77 m
IP5 3SR 101 m
IP5 3QT 102 m
IP5 3TY 109 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
IP5 3PJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1999
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
IP
Postcode district
IP5
Postcode sector
IP5 3
Latitude
52.062014
Longitude
1.272016
British National Grid easting
624,387
British National Grid northing
245,455

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
East Suffolk · E07000244
Parish or community
E04013241
Westminster constituency
Suffolk Coastal · E14001530
Output area
E00153948
Lower layer super output area
East Suffolk 025C · E01030191
Middle layer super output area
East Suffolk 025 · E02006296

Postcode source versions

Explore IP5

37 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
6, De Brink-On-The-Green, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, IP5 3PJ 4 April 2025 £242,500
1, De Brink-On-The-Green, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, IP5 3PJ 8 December 2022 £245,000
6, De Brink-On-The-Green, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, IP5 3PJ 21 September 2021 £220,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
15
Primary
11
Secondary
3
  1. Birchwood Primary School

    Community school

    253 m
  2. Gorseland Primary School

    Community school

    651 m
  3. Martlesham Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
703
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 272
  • Other crime 135
  • Shoplifting 72
  • Other theft 56
  • Criminal damage and arson 54

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
23

12 female, 11 male

Postcode households
14
Residents per household
1.6
IP5 3 residents
3,530

Age bands in IP5 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13%

453 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.1%

247 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.6%

683 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.7%

929 residents

Age 65 and over
33.7%

1,173 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider IP5 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
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

4

within 5 km

  • MARTLESHAM SURGERY

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

    ODS code D83080

    77 m

  • EMBRACE MEDICAL CENTRE

    TWELVE ACRE APPROACH, IPSWICH, IP5 1JF

    ODS code D83084

    2.5 km

  • FRAMFIELD HOUSE SURGERY

    IPSWICH ROAD, WOODBRIDGE, IP12 4FD

    ODS code D83057

    4.0 km

  • LITTLE ST JOHN STREET SURGERY

    7 LITTLE ST. JOHNS STREET, WOODBRIDGE, IP12 1EE

    ODS code D83049

    4.8 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

  • Valiant Road

    BCT · Martlesham Heath

    0.2 miles
  • Parkers Place

    BCT · Martlesham Heath

    0.2 miles
  • Valiant Road

    BCT · Martlesham Heath

    0.2 miles
  • Manor Road

    BCT · Martlesham Heath

    0.2 miles
  • Parkers Place

    BCT · Martlesham Heath

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for East Suffolk 025C, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

25,121 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
10 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
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

Property market

The five-year median is £242,500 from 3 recorded sales in IP5 3PJ. 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

15 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 3 secondary schools. Birchwood Primary School is the nearest published school at 253 m.

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

Recorded crime

703 published events cover 12 months, averaging 58.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 272 events.

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