NR32 3AS

Oulton Broad · East Suffolk · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Lowestoft
Local authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Lowestoft
Postcode district
NR32
Postcode sector
NR32 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NR32 3AR 41 m
NR32 3AQ 154 m
NR32 3AP 172 m
NR32 3AA 187 m
NR32 3AW 192 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NR32 3AS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NR
Postcode district
NR32
Postcode sector
NR32 3
Latitude
52.481116
Longitude
1.714499
British National Grid easting
652,317
British National Grid northing
293,506

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
East Suffolk · E07000244
Parish or community
E04012679
Westminster constituency
Lowestoft · E14001344
Output area
E00154398
Lower layer super output area
East Suffolk 005C · E01030270
Middle layer super output area
East Suffolk 005 · E02006306

Postcode source versions

Explore NR32

31 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
30, Elmhurst Avenue, Lowestoft, NR32 3AS 24 September 2025 £360,000
60, Elmhurst Avenue, Lowestoft, NR32 3AS 31 October 2022 £385,000
60, Elmhurst Avenue, Lowestoft, NR32 3AS 28 September 2020 £210,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
31
Primary
19
Secondary
4
  1. The Limes Primary Academy

    Free schools

    929 m
  2. Oulton Broad Primary School

    Community school

    936 m
  3. Woods Loke Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,040
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 427
  • Anti social behaviour 116
  • Criminal damage and arson 97
  • Vehicle crime 73
  • Shoplifting 71

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
68

31 female, 37 male

Postcode households
30
Residents per household
2.3
NR32 3 residents
9,196

Age bands in NR32 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.7%

1,314 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.4%

747 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.4%

1,916 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.6%

2,286 residents

Age 65 and over
30%

2,680 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NR32 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

7

within 5 km

  • BRIDGE ROAD SURGERY

    1A BRIDGE ROAD, OULTON BROAD, LOWESTOFT, NR32 3LJ

    ODS code D83011

    339 m

  • VICTORIA ROAD SURGERY

    82 VICTORIA ROAD, LOWESTOFT, NR33 9LU

    ODS code D83016

    1.1 km

  • KIRKLEY MILL HEALTH CENTRE

    KIRKLEY MILL SURGERY, KIRKLEY RISE, CLIFTON RD, LOWESTOFT, NR33 0HF

    ODS code D83030

    2.5 km

  • ALEXANDRA & CRESTVIEW SURGERIES

    ALEXANDRA ROAD, LOWESTOFT, NR32 1PL

    ODS code D83002

    2.6 km

  • ANDAMAN SURGERY

    303 LONG ROAD, LOWESTOFT, NR33 9DF

    ODS code D83608

    2.7 km

  • ROSEDALE SURGERY

    3 ASHBURNHAM WAY, CARLTON COLVILLE, LOWESTOFT, NR33 8LG

    ODS code D83047

    2.7 km

  • HIGH STREET SURGERY

    HIGH STREET, LOWESTOFT, NR32 1JE

    ODS code D83023

    2.8 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Elmhurst Avenue

    BCT · Oulton

    0.1 miles
  • Elmhurst Avenue

    BCT · Oulton

    0.1 miles
  • Mendip Road

    BCT · Oulton

    0.2 miles
  • Mendip Road

    BCT · Oulton

    0.2 miles
  • North Railway Station

    BCT · Oulton Broad

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for East Suffolk 005C, 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

10,741 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
6 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
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 £372,500 from 2 recorded sales in NR32 3AS. 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

31 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 4 secondary schools. The Limes Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 929 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,040 published events cover 12 months, averaging 86.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 427 events.

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