PL21 9BH

Ivybridge West · South Hams · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Ivybridge
Local authority
South Hams
Constituency
South West Devon
Postcode district
PL21
Postcode sector
PL21 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL21 9AY 92 m
PL21 9BP 100 m
PL21 9BS 111 m
PL21 9BJ 112 m
PL21 9FN 112 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL21 9BH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL21
Postcode sector
PL21 9
Latitude
50.390220
Longitude
-3.929341
British National Grid easting
262,951
British National Grid northing
56,263

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
South Hams · E07000044
Parish or community
E04003156
Westminster constituency
South West Devon · E14001495
Output area
E00102124
Lower layer super output area
South Hams 005F · E01020166
Middle layer super output area
South Hams 005 · E02004193

Postcode source versions

Explore PL21

9 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
4, Ivydene Road, Ivybridge, PL21 9BH 23 August 2011 £115,000
7, Ivydene Road, Ivybridge, PL21 9BH 12 March 2008 £179,950
9, Ivydene Road, Ivybridge, PL21 9BH 12 July 2004 £165,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
7
Secondary
1
  1. Manor Primary School, Ivybridge

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    288 m
  2. Woodlands Park Primary School

    Academy converter

    507 m
  3. The Erme Primary School

    Community school

    656 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
621
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 288
  • Anti social behaviour 85
  • Criminal damage and arson 56
  • Shoplifting 47
  • Other theft 44

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
24

13 female, 11 male

Postcode households
9
Residents per household
2.7
PL21 9 residents
8,483

Age bands in PL21 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.2%

1,512 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

833 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.5%

2,062 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.5%

2,505 residents

Age 65 and over
21.4%

1,877 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PL21 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
100%

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

  • Ivydene Road

    BCT · Ivybridge

    0.0 miles
  • Ivydene Road

    BCT · Ivybridge

    0.0 miles
  • Cleeve Drive

    BCT · Ivybridge

    0.1 miles
  • Westover Close

    BCT · Ivybridge

    0.1 miles
  • Priory Close

    BCT · Ivybridge

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Hams 005F, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

30,761 of 33,755

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

8 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools. Manor Primary School, Ivybridge is the nearest published school at 288 m.

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

Recorded crime

621 published events cover 12 months, averaging 51.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 288 events.

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