Schools
83 open schools are in scope, including 51 primary and 17 secondary schools. High View School is the nearest published school at 627 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
PL3 6JA
Efford and Lipson · Plymouth · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Efford and Lipson
- Local authority
- Plymouth
- Constituency
- Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
- Postcode district
- PL3
- Postcode sector
- PL3 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- PL3 6JA
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 May 2011
- Postcode area
- PL
- Postcode district
- PL3
- Postcode sector
- PL3 6
- Latitude
- 50.390485
- Longitude
- -4.101459
- British National Grid easting
- 250,718
- British National Grid northing
- 56,624
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South West · E12000009
- Local authority district
- Plymouth · E06000026
- Electoral ward
- Efford and Lipson · E05002082
- Parish or community
- E43000021
- Westminster constituency
- Plymouth Sutton and Devonport · E14001427
- Output area
- E00076089
- Lower layer super output area
- Plymouth 010A · E01015063
- Middle layer super output area
- Plymouth 010 · E02003131
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore PL3
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 83
- Primary
- 51
- Secondary
- 17
- 627 m
High View School
Academy converter
- 668 m
Austin Farm Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 871 m
Laira Green Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,693
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 754
- Anti social behaviour 182
- Shoplifting 173
- Criminal damage and arson 147
- Other theft 122
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- PL3 6 residents
- 12,397
Age bands in PL3 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 17.5%
2,278 residents
1,321 residents
3,247 residents
3,206 residents
2,129 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.
GP practices
19
within 5 km straight-line
ELM SURGERY
123 LEYPARK WALK, ESTOVER, PLYMOUTH, PL6 8UF
ODS code L83019
2.0 km
LISSON GROVE MEDICAL CTR.
3-5 LISSON GROVE, MUTLEY, PLYMOUTH, PL4 7DL
ODS code L83147
2.3 km
FRIARY HOUSE SURGERY
FRIARY HOUSE, BEAUMONT ROAD, ST. JUDES, PLYMOUTH, PL4 9BH
ODS code L83072
2.8 km
WYCLIFFE SURGERY
8 CATTEDOWN ROAD, PLYMOUTH, PL4 0BZ
ODS code L83076
2.9 km
KNOWLE HOUSE SURGERY
4 MEAVY WAY, CROWNHILL, PLYMOUTH, PL5 3JB
ODS code L83089
3.1 km
PEVERELL PARK SURGERY
THE STABLES, 162 OUTLAND ROAD, PLYMOUTH, PL2 3PX
ODS code L83648
3.3 km
BEACON MEDICAL GROUP
PLYMPTON HEALTH CENTRE, MUDGE WAY, PLYMPTON, PLYMOUTH, PL7 1AD
ODS code L83100
3.5 km
PATHFIELDS MEDICAL GROUP
PLYMPTON HEALTH CENTRE, MUDGE WAY, PLYMOUTH, PL7 1AD
ODS code L83008
3.5 km
DEAN CROSS SURGERY
21 RADFORD PARK ROAD, PLYMSTOCK, PLYMOUTH, PL9 9DL
ODS code L83021
3.5 km
NORTH ROAD WEST MED.CTR.
167 NORTH ROAD WEST, PLYMOUTH, PL1 5BZ
ODS code L83030
3.6 km
CHURCH VIEW SURGERY
30 HOLLAND ROAD, PLYMSTOCK, PLYMOUTH, PL9 9BN
ODS code L83064
3.9 km
ROBOROUGH SURGERY
1 EASTCOTE CLOSE, ROBOROUGH, PLYMOUTH, PL6 6PH
ODS code L83048
4.2 km
ST NEOTS SURGERY
1 NORTH PROSPECT ROAD, PLYMOUTH, PL2 3HY
ODS code L83028
4.2 km
WEST HOE SURGERY
2 PIER STREET, PLYMOUTH, PL1 3BS
ODS code L83112
4.5 km
ADELAIDE STREET SURGERY
20 ADELAIDE STREET, STONEHOUSE, PLYMOUTH, PL1 3JF
ODS code L83651
4.5 km
BUDSHEAD MEDICAL PRACTICE
433 BUDSHEAD ROAD, WHITLEIGH, PLYMOUTH, PL5 4DU
ODS code L83113
4.6 km
SOUTHWAY SURGERY
33 ROCKFIELD AVENUE, PLYMOUTH, PL6 6DX
ODS code L83039
4.7 km
OAKSIDE SURGERY
HONICKNOWLE GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE, GUY MILES WAY, HONICKNOWLE GREEN, PLYMOUTH, PL5 3PY
ODS code L83015
4.7 km
STOKE SURGERY
BELMONT VILLAS, STOKE, PLYMOUTH, PL3 4DP
ODS code L83071
4.8 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Plym View Primary School
BCT · Efford
- 0.0 miles
Plym View Primary School
BCT · Efford
- 0.1 miles
Douglas Road
BCT · Efford
- 0.1 miles
Douglas Road
BCT · Efford
- 0.1 miles
Axe Close
BCT · Efford
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Plymouth 010A, 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
9,233 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 of 10
- Living environment
- 9 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,693 published events cover 12 months, averaging 141.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 754 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.