Property market
The five-year median is £312,025 from 184 recorded sales in PL16. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for West Devon is £286,145 in June 2026, down 0.7% year on year.
PL16
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 133
- Current units
- 115
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 5
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- South West
- Local authority codes
- 3
- Terminated postcode units
- 18
Postcode sectors in PL16
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Property
1,132 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Sunspot, Liftondown, Lifton, PL16 0DB | 3 July 2026 | £240,000 |
| 2, Warracott Court, Chillaton, Lifton, PL16 0HE | 18 June 2026 | £310,000 |
| Tinhay Garage, Station Road, Lifton, PL16 0AN | 19 May 2026 | £160,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 1
- Primary
- 1
- Secondary
- 0
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 78
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 31
- Anti social behaviour 12
- Criminal damage and arson 12
- Other theft 9
- Public order 7
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- PL16 usual residents
- 2,075
- Age-profile population
- 2,176
Age bands in PL16
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 13.6%
- 296 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.9%
- 215 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 18.6%
- 405 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 32%
- 697 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 25.9%
- 563 residents
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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 110 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 20%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 20%
- Gigabit-capable
- 20%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 59.6%
In this district, 74 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 37 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 3 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Evidence in context
Schools
1 open school is in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
78 published events cover 12 months, averaging 7 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 31 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.