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IP5 3QJ

Martlesham & Purdis Farm · East Suffolk · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Martlesham & Purdis Farm
Local authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Suffolk Coastal
Postcode district
IP5
Postcode sector
IP5 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
IP5 3SG 46 m
IP5 3QL 51 m
IP5 3RZ 62 m
IP5 3QW 77 m
IP5 3RT 101 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
IP5 3QJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 November 2005
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
IP
Postcode district
IP5
Postcode sector
IP5 3
Latitude
52.064559
Longitude
1.283672
British National Grid easting
625,173
British National Grid northing
245,774

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
East Suffolk · E07000244
Electoral ward
Martlesham & Purdis Farm · E05015549
Parish or community
E04013241
Westminster constituency
Suffolk Coastal · E14001530
Output area
E00173874
Lower layer super output area
East Suffolk 025B · E01030190
Middle layer super output area
East Suffolk 025 · E02006296

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
14
Primary
11
Secondary
2

  1. Birchwood Primary School

    Community school

    1.1 km

  2. Martlesham Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    1.2 km

  3. Gorseland Primary School

    Community school

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
609
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 216
  • Other crime 131
  • Shoplifting 70
  • Other theft 48
  • Criminal damage and arson 41

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
15

9 female, 6 male

Postcode households
9
Residents per household
1.7
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 0.4% 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

    871 m

  • EMBRACE MEDICAL CENTRE

    TWELVE ACRE APPROACH, IPSWICH, IP5 1JF

    ODS code D83084

    3.3 km

  • FRAMFIELD HOUSE SURGERY

    IPSWICH ROAD, WOODBRIDGE, IP12 4FD

    ODS code D83057

    3.3 km

  • LITTLE ST JOHN STREET SURGERY

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

    ODS code D83049

    4.1 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Anson Road

    BCT · Martlesham Heath

    0.2 miles

  • Anson Road

    BCT · Martlesham Heath

    0.2 miles

  • Hawker Drive

    BCT · Martlesham Heath

    0.2 miles

  • Retail Park

    BCT · Martlesham Heath

    0.3 miles

  • Retail Park

    BCT · Martlesham Heath

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for East Suffolk 025B, 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

24,250 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
9 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

Schools

14 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 2 secondary schools. Birchwood Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

609 published events cover 12 months, averaging 50.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 216 events.

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