PL16 0AT

Tamarside · West Devon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Lifton
Local authority
West Devon
Postcode district
PL16
Postcode sector
PL16 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
EX20 4DD 590 m
EX20 4DB 825 m
PL16 0AU 1.2 km
EX20 4QZ 1.3 km
EX20 4DE 1.3 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL16 0AT
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL16
Postcode sector
PL16 0
Latitude
50.661890
Longitude
-4.245959
British National Grid easting
241,361
British National Grid northing
87,099

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
West Devon · E07000047
Electoral ward
Tamarside · E05010564
Parish or community
E04003352
Westminster constituency
Torridge and Tavistock · E14001552
Output area
E00103056
Lower layer super output area
West Devon 004D · E01020340
Middle layer super output area
West Devon 004 · E02004232

Postcode source versions

Explore PL16

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Gingerbread Cottage, Follet Close, Lifton, PL16 0AT 31 May 1996 £462,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Lifton Community Academy

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    3.2 km
  2. Lew Trenchard Church of England Primary School

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    4.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
7
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 7

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
20

9 female, 11 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
3.3
PL16 0 residents
2,075

Age bands in PL16 0

Wider postcode sector
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

This postcode contained 1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PL16 0 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
16.7%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
66.7%

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

  • Portgate

    BCT · Dippertown

    0.8 miles
  • Portgate

    BCT · Dippertown

    0.8 miles
  • Sprytown Cross

    BCT · Lifton

    1.0 miles
  • Sprytown Cross

    BCT · Lifton

    1.0 miles
  • Shelter

    BCT · Broadwoodwidger

    1.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Devon 004D, 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

13,027 of 33,755

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

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Lifton Community Academy is the nearest published school at 2.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

7 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 7 events.

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