NR32 3EY

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 3ER 47 m
NR32 3HH 72 m
NR32 3EX 90 m
NR32 3HJ 95 m
NR32 3HQ 112 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NR32 3EY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NR
Postcode district
NR32
Postcode sector
NR32 3
Latitude
52.484100
Longitude
1.714854
British National Grid easting
652,324
British National Grid northing
293,839

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
East Suffolk · E07000244
Parish or community
E04009507
Westminster constituency
Lowestoft · E14001344
Output area
E00154381
Lower layer super output area
East Suffolk 003B · E01030267
Middle layer super output area
East Suffolk 003 · E02006304

Postcode source versions

Explore NR32

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
34, Sands Lane, Oulton, Lowestoft, NR32 3EY 25 November 2016 £196,000
36, Sands Lane, Oulton, Lowestoft, NR32 3EY 19 October 2006 £150,000
34, Sands Lane, Oulton, Lowestoft, NR32 3EY 10 March 2006 £145,000

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

    637 m
  2. Woods Loke Primary School

    Academy converter

    779 m
  3. Oulton Broad Primary School

    Community school

    964 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
971
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 403
  • Anti social behaviour 115
  • Criminal damage and arson 92
  • Shoplifting 74
  • Vehicle crime 67

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
11

6 female, 5 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
2.8
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 0.1% 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

    668 m

  • VICTORIA ROAD SURGERY

    82 VICTORIA ROAD, LOWESTOFT, NR33 9LU

    ODS code D83016

    1.5 km

  • ALEXANDRA & CRESTVIEW SURGERIES

    ALEXANDRA ROAD, LOWESTOFT, NR32 1PL

    ODS code D83002

    2.6 km

  • KIRKLEY MILL HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code D83030

    2.7 km

  • HIGH STREET SURGERY

    HIGH STREET, LOWESTOFT, NR32 1JE

    ODS code D83023

    2.8 km

  • ANDAMAN SURGERY

    303 LONG ROAD, LOWESTOFT, NR33 9DF

    ODS code D83608

    3.0 km

  • ROSEDALE SURGERY

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

    ODS code D83047

    3.1 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Mendip Road

    BCT · Oulton

    0.0 miles
  • Mendip Road

    BCT · Oulton

    0.0 miles
  • Ole Frank

    BCT · Oulton

    0.2 miles
  • Ole Frank

    BCT · Oulton

    0.2 miles
  • The Ole Frank

    BCT · Oulton

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for East Suffolk 003B, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

14,125 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
5 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
3
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

31 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 4 secondary schools. The Limes Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 637 m.

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

Recorded crime

971 published events cover 12 months, averaging 80.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 403 events.

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