PL21 9LA

Ermington & Ugborough · 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 9GU 488 m
PL21 9JZ 530 m
PL21 9LB 623 m
PL21 9JX 870 m
PL21 9JY 944 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL21 9LA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL21
Postcode sector
PL21 9
Latitude
50.360277
Longitude
-3.953618
British National Grid easting
261,138
British National Grid northing
52,979

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
South Hams · E07000044
Parish or community
E04003149
Westminster constituency
South West Devon · E14001495
Output area
E00102086
Lower layer super output area
South Hams 008C · E01020159
Middle layer super output area
South Hams 008 · E02004196

Postcode source versions

Explore PL21

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Lankwells Barn, Burraton, Ivybridge, PL21 9LA 27 January 2023 £500,000
Lankwells, Burraton, Ivybridge, PL21 9LA 27 January 2023 £900,000
Lankwells Barn, Burraton, Ivybridge, PL21 9LA 10 February 2015 £195,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
8
Secondary
1
  1. Ermington Primary School

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    2.7 km
  2. Holbeton Primary School

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    2.8 km
  3. Woodlands Park Primary School

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    3.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Public order 2
  • Vehicle crime 1
  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
28

12 female, 16 male

Postcode households
11
Residents per household
2.5
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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
45.5%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

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.

GP practices

2

within 5 km

  • YEALM MEDICAL CENTRE

    MARKET STREET, YEALMPTON, PLYMOUTH, PL8 2EA

    ODS code L83081

    3.4 km

  • MODBURY HEALTH CENTRE

    THE HEALTH CENTRE, POUNDWELL MEADOW, MODBURY, IVYBRIDGE, PL21 0QL

    ODS code L83086

    4.8 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Western Lodge

    BCT · Holbeton

    0.7 miles
  • Western Lodge

    BCT · Holbeton

    0.7 miles
  • Western Lodge

    BCT · Holbeton

    0.7 miles
  • Saw Mills

    BCT · Holbeton

    0.9 miles
  • Saw Mills

    BCT · Holbeton

    0.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Hams 008C, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

14,239 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
9 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

Property market

The five-year median is £700,000 from 2 recorded sales in PL21 9LA. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for South Hams is £360,571 in June 2026, down 6.8% year on year.

Schools

9 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 1 secondary schools. Ermington Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

4 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Public order with 2 events.

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