PL18 9ED

Calstock · Cornwall · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Gunnislake
Local authority
Cornwall
Constituency
South East Cornwall
Postcode district
PL18
Postcode sector
PL18 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL18 9DT 29 m
PL18 9DU 87 m
PL18 9BQ 97 m
PL18 9PQ 136 m
PL18 9DY 139 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL18 9ED
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL18
Postcode sector
PL18 9
Latitude
50.516070
Longitude
-4.218928
British National Grid easting
242,786
British National Grid northing
70,829

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Cornwall · E06000052
Electoral ward
Calstock · E05013277
Parish or community
E04011412
Westminster constituency
South East Cornwall · E14001486
Output area
E00094677
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 010B · E01018754
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 010 · E02003892

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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10 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Duntreva, Wellpark Road, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, PL18 9ED 8 October 2024 £200,000
Stannary Cottage, Wellpark Road, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, PL18 9ED 21 June 2024 £460,000
Sunset Cottage, Wellpark Road, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, PL18 9ED 11 November 2022 £450,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
7
Secondary
0
  1. Copper Fields School

    Other independent special school

    385 m
  2. Copper Valley Infant and Nursery Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    507 m
  3. Copper Valley Junior Academy

    Academy converter

    908 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
181
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 110
  • Criminal damage and arson 18
  • Other theft 12
  • Anti social behaviour 11
  • Public order 9

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
27

10 female, 17 male

Postcode households
9
Residents per household
3.0
PL18 9 residents
5,259

Age bands in PL18 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.7%

710 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.7%

399 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.7%

968 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.5%

1,630 residents

Age 65 and over
28.3%

1,460 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PL18 9 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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+
66.7%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
66.7%
Gigabit-capable
66.7%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
41.7%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

  • Gunnislake Rail Station

    RLY · Gunnislake

    0.0 miles
  • Gunnislake Rail Station

    RSE · Gunnislake

    0.0 miles
  • Railway Stn Car Park

    BCT · Gunnislake

    0.0 miles
  • Railway Station Sand Hill

    BCT · Gunnislake

    0.1 miles
  • Railway Station Sand Hill

    BCT · Gunnislake

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 010B, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

10,016 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
1 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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £410,000 from 4 recorded sales in PL18 9ED. 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

Published establishments

10 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 0 secondary schools. Copper Fields School is the nearest published school at 385 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

181 published events cover 12 months, averaging 15.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 110 events.

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