PL12 5BY

Rame Peninsula & St Germans · Cornwall · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Saltash
Local authority
Cornwall
Constituency
South East Cornwall
Postcode district
PL12
Postcode sector
PL12 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL12 5BZ 631 m
PL12 5DB 801 m
PL12 5BX 820 m
PL14 3PX 1.1 km
PL12 5DE 1.2 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL12 5BY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL12
Postcode sector
PL12 5
Latitude
50.410618
Longitude
-4.380821
British National Grid easting
230,934
British National Grid northing
59,461

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Cornwall · E06000052
Parish or community
E04011550
Westminster constituency
South East Cornwall · E14001486
Output area
E00094836
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 023D · E01018785
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 023 · E02003898

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Catchfrench Barn, Trerulefoot, Saltash, PL12 5BY 26 August 2025 £496,000
Catchfrench Barn, Trerulefoot, Saltash, PL12 5BY 9 August 2017 £407,500
Catchfrench East Lodge, Trerulefoot, Saltash, PL12 5BY 28 July 2017 £592,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Trenode CofE VA Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    3.1 km
  2. Menheniot Primary School

    Foundation school

    3.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
18

8 female, 10 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
3.0
PL12 5 residents
2,597

Age bands in PL12 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.5%

327 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.7%

261 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.2%

442 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.2%

757 residents

Age 65 and over
26.5%

643 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PL12 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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+
0%
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
0%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

  • Methodist Church

    BCT · Bethany

    0.8 miles
  • Methodist Church

    BCT · Bethany

    0.8 miles
  • The Farm House

    BCT · Bethany

    1.0 miles
  • The Farm House

    BCT · Bethany

    1.0 miles
  • Copley Arms

    BCT · Hessenford

    1.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 023D, 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

12,265 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £496,000 from 1 recorded sale in PL12 5BY. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Cornwall is £277,801 in June 2026, up 3.7% year on year.

Schools

Published establishments

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Trenode CofE VA Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 1.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

3 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3 events.

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