PL15 9RD

Launceston North & North Petherwin · Cornwall · England

Updated September 2026

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Local authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall
Postcode district
PL15
Postcode sector
PL15 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL15 9RB 613 m
PL15 9RP 618 m
PL15 8TT 974 m
PL15 9RW 1.5 km
PL15 9SX 1.6 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL15 9RD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL15
Postcode sector
PL15 9
Latitude
50.679864
Longitude
-4.360845
British National Grid easting
233,306
British National Grid northing
89,350

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Cornwall · E06000052
Parish or community
E04011608
Westminster constituency
North Cornwall · E14001385
Output area
E00095715
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 004B · E01018953
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 004 · E02003934

Postcode source versions

Explore PL15

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
4
Secondary
0
  1. Werrington Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.8 km
  2. St Giles-on-the-Heath Community School

    Community school

    3.0 km
  3. Boyton Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    3.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
53

22 female, 31 male

Postcode households
30
Residents per household
1.8
PL15 9 residents
7,599

Age bands in PL15 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.3%

1,397 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.1%

697 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.3%

1,779 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.3%

2,088 residents

Age 65 and over
22%

1,682 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PL15 9 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+
96.9%
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
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
93.8%

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.

Nearby transport

  • Werrington School

    BCT · Ladycross

    1.1 miles
  • Werrington School

    BCT · Ladycross

    1.1 miles
  • Bus Shelter

    BCT · Yeolmbridge

    1.5 miles
  • Yeolm Bridge

    BCT · Yeolmbridge

    1.5 miles
  • Beacon Park

    BCT · Boyton

    1.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 004B, 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

10,514 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
9 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

Schools

5 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools. Werrington Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.1 miles.

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

Recorded crime

1 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1 events.

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