PL5 1LA

St Budeaux · Plymouth · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Plymouth
Local authority
Plymouth
Constituency
Plymouth Moor View
Postcode district
PL5
Postcode sector
PL5 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL5 1FA 76 m
PL5 1LF 97 m
PL5 1JY 100 m
PL5 1JZ 117 m
PL5 1JT 151 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL5 1LA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL5
Postcode sector
PL5 1
Latitude
50.405298
Longitude
-4.200674
British National Grid easting
243,715
British National Grid northing
58,475

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Plymouth · E06000026
Parish or community
E43000021
Westminster constituency
Plymouth Moor View · E14001426
Output area
E00076505
Lower layer super output area
Plymouth 009B · E01015142
Middle layer super output area
Plymouth 009 · E02003130

Postcode source versions

Explore PL5

10 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
896, Wolseley Road, Plymouth, PL5 1LA 12 June 2026 £379,000
898, Wolseley Road, Plymouth, PL5 1LA 19 May 2021 £315,000
902, Wolseley Road, Plymouth, PL5 1LA 30 November 2016 £375,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
58
Primary
37
Secondary
11
  1. Oneschool Global Uk Plymouth Campus

    Other independent school

    488 m
  2. St Paul's Roman Catholic Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    875 m
  3. Riverside Community Primary School

    Foundation school

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,588
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 723
  • Criminal damage and arson 173
  • Anti social behaviour 154
  • Shoplifting 117
  • Public order 115

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
15

7 female, 8 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
2.1
PL5 1 residents
12,135

Age bands in PL5 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.8%

2,409 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.3%

1,377 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.3%

3,200 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.7%

3,246 residents

Age 65 and over
15.9%

1,936 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PL5 1 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.

GP practices

12

within 5 km

  • MAYFLOWER MEDICAL GROUP

    STIRLING ROAD MEDICAL CTR, STIRLING ROAD, PLYMOUTH, PL5 1PL

    ODS code L83006

    861 m

  • PORT VIEW SURGERY

    HIGHER PORT VIEW, SALTASH, PL12 4BU

    ODS code L82066

    979 m

  • SALTASH HEALTH CENTRE

    CALLINGTON ROAD, SALTASH, PL12 6DL

    ODS code L82046

    1.5 km

  • ST. LEVAN SURGERY

    350 ST. LEVAN ROAD, PLYMOUTH, PL2 1JR

    ODS code L83646

    2.9 km

  • OAKSIDE SURGERY

    HONICKNOWLE GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE, GUY MILES WAY, HONICKNOWLE GREEN, PLYMOUTH, PL5 3PY

    ODS code L83015

    3.0 km

  • ST NEOTS SURGERY

    1 NORTH PROSPECT ROAD, PLYMOUTH, PL2 3HY

    ODS code L83028

    3.4 km

  • RAME GROUP PRACTICE

    PENNTORR HEALTH, TREVOL ROAD, TORPOINT, PL11 2TB

    ODS code Y00969

    3.7 km

  • STOKE SURGERY

    BELMONT VILLAS, STOKE, PLYMOUTH, PL3 4DP

    ODS code L83071

    3.8 km

  • BUDSHEAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    433 BUDSHEAD ROAD, WHITLEIGH, PLYMOUTH, PL5 4DU

    ODS code L83113

    3.8 km

  • PEVERELL PARK SURGERY

    THE STABLES, 162 OUTLAND ROAD, PLYMOUTH, PL2 3PX

    ODS code L83648

    4.1 km

  • DEVONPORT HEALTH CENTRE

    DAMEREL CLOSE, DEVONPORT, PLYMOUTH, PL1 4JZ

    ODS code L83624

    4.6 km

  • KNOWLE HOUSE SURGERY

    4 MEAVY WAY, CROWNHILL, PLYMOUTH, PL5 3JB

    ODS code L83089

    4.7 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

  • Ferry House Inn

    BCT · Saltash Passage

    0.0 miles
  • Little Ash Gardens

    BCT · Saltash Passage

    0.1 miles
  • Little Ash Gardens

    BCT · Saltash Passage

    0.1 miles
  • Little Ash Road

    BCT · Saltash Passage

    0.1 miles
  • Little Ash Road

    BCT · Saltash Passage

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Plymouth 009B, 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

10,936 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
5 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 £379,000 from 1 recorded sale in PL5 1LA. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for City of Plymouth is £222,817 in June 2026, up 4.4% year on year.

Schools

58 open schools are in scope, including 37 primary and 11 secondary schools. Oneschool Global Uk Plymouth Campus is the nearest published school at 488 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,588 published events cover 12 months, averaging 132.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 723 events.

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