PL12 6DJ

Saltash Essa · 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 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL12 6ER 38 m
PL12 6DY 64 m
PL12 6DL 81 m
PL12 6DX 81 m
PL12 6DR 114 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL12 6DJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1992
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL12
Postcode sector
PL12 6
Latitude
50.410278
Longitude
-4.221652
British National Grid easting
242,241
British National Grid northing
59,073

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Cornwall · E06000052
Parish or community
E04011519
Westminster constituency
South East Cornwall · E14001486
Output area
E00094857
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 025C · E01018790
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 025 · E02003899

Postcode source versions

Explore PL12

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Plougastel Centre, Plougastel Drive, Saltash, PL12 6DJ 8 June 2017 £110,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
36
Primary
25
Secondary
5
  1. Brunel Primary & Nursery Academy

    Academy converter

    148 m
  2. St Stephens (Saltash) Community Primary School & Nursery

    Community school

    467 m
  3. Fountain Head House School

    Other independent special school

    541 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,127
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 450
  • Anti social behaviour 140
  • Criminal damage and arson 130
  • Shoplifting 123
  • Public order 78

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
24

16 female, 8 male

Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
PL12 6 residents
8,551

Age bands in PL12 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.4%

1,296 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.8%

792 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.5%

1,756 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.2%

2,722 residents

Age 65 and over
27.2%

2,453 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PL12 6 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+
75%
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
75%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
25%

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

  • SALTASH HEALTH CENTRE

    CALLINGTON ROAD, SALTASH, PL12 6DL

    ODS code L82046

    81 m

  • PORT VIEW SURGERY

    HIGHER PORT VIEW, SALTASH, PL12 4BU

    ODS code L82066

    631 m

  • MAYFLOWER MEDICAL GROUP

    STIRLING ROAD MEDICAL CTR, STIRLING ROAD, PLYMOUTH, PL5 1PL

    ODS code L83006

    2.4 km

  • RAME GROUP PRACTICE

    PENNTORR HEALTH, TREVOL ROAD, TORPOINT, PL11 2TB

    ODS code Y00969

    3.8 km

  • ST. LEVAN SURGERY

    350 ST. LEVAN ROAD, PLYMOUTH, PL2 1JR

    ODS code L83646

    4.3 km

  • OAKSIDE SURGERY

    HONICKNOWLE GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE, GUY MILES WAY, HONICKNOWLE GREEN, PLYMOUTH, PL5 3PY

    ODS code L83015

    4.4 km

  • ST NEOTS SURGERY

    1 NORTH PROSPECT ROAD, PLYMOUTH, PL2 3HY

    ODS code L83028

    5.0 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

  • Callington Road

    BCT · Saltash

    0.0 miles
  • Callington Road St. Annes

    BCT · Saltash

    0.0 miles
  • Saltash Leisure Centre

    BCT · Saltash

    0.0 miles
  • Callington Road

    BCT · Saltash

    0.1 miles
  • Longmeadow Road

    BCT · Saltash

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 025C, 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

10,621 of 33,755

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

36 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 5 secondary schools. Brunel Primary & Nursery Academy is the nearest published school at 148 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,127 published events cover 12 months, averaging 93.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 450 events.

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