PL12 5JU

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 5JT 534 m
PL12 5JX 918 m
PL12 5DE 989 m
PL12 5JZ 1.0 km
PL12 5DA 1.1 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL12 5JU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL12
Postcode sector
PL12 5
Latitude
50.420712
Longitude
-4.354212
British National Grid easting
232,860
British National Grid northing
60,523

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

Explore PL12

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Keepers Cottage, Cutmere, Saltash, PL12 5JU 9 February 2023 £365,000
Rose Cottage, Cutmere, Saltash, PL12 5JU 11 March 2022 £487,000
Woodview, Cutmere, Saltash, PL12 5JU 19 May 2021 £435,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
4
Secondary
0
  1. St Germans Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    4.3 km
  2. Menheniot Primary School

    Foundation school

    4.4 km
  3. Quethiock CofE School

    Academy converter

    4.5 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
13

6 female, 7 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
1.6
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 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PL12 5 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

1

within 5 km

  • QUAY LANE SURGERY

    OLD QUAY LANE, ST. GERMANS, SALTASH, PL12 5LH

    ODS code L82043

    4.5 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

  • Methodist Church

    BCT · Bethany

    0.5 miles
  • Methodist Church

    BCT · Bethany

    0.6 miles
  • The Farm House

    BCT · Bethany

    0.7 miles
  • The Farm House

    BCT · Bethany

    0.7 miles
  • Tideford Cross

    BCT · Tideford

    0.8 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
1
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 £426,000 from 2 recorded sales in PL12 5JU. 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

4 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools. St Germans Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.6 miles.

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

Recorded crime

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.