Schools
85 open schools are in scope, including 53 primary and 16 secondary schools. Marine Academy Primary is the nearest published school at 312 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
PL5 2AU
St Budeaux · Plymouth · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Plymouth
- Ward
- St Budeaux
- Local authority
- Plymouth
- Constituency
- Plymouth Moor View
- Postcode district
- PL5
- Postcode sector
- PL5 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- PL5 2AU
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- PL
- Postcode district
- PL5
- Postcode sector
- PL5 2
- Latitude
- 50.403134
- Longitude
- -4.176593
- British National Grid easting
- 245,419
- British National Grid northing
- 58,184
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South West · E12000009
- Local authority district
- Plymouth · E06000026
- Electoral ward
- St Budeaux · E05002093
- Parish or community
- E43000021
- Westminster constituency
- Plymouth Moor View · E14001426
- Output area
- E00076506
- Lower layer super output area
- Plymouth 009C · E01015143
- Middle layer super output area
- Plymouth 009 · E02003130
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 PL5
Property
3 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 12, Kings Tamerton Road, Plymouth, PL5 2AU | 23 March 2021 | £125,000 |
| 12, Kings Tamerton Road, Plymouth, PL5 2AU | 6 December 2002 | £67,500 |
| 12, Kings Tamerton Road, Plymouth, PL5 2AU | 21 December 1998 | £31,500 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 85
- Primary
- 53
- Secondary
- 16
- 312 m
Marine Academy Primary
Free schools
- 359 m
Marine Academy Plymouth
Academy sponsor led
- 540 m
Mount Tamar School
Academy special sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,913
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,552
- Criminal damage and arson 290
- Anti social behaviour 260
- Public order 179
- Other theft 144
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 23
- Postcode households
- 16
- Residents per household
- 1.4
- PL5 2 residents
- 10,185
17 female, 6 male
Age bands in PL5 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.3%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.4%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 21.1%
1,626 residents
1,156 residents
2,431 residents
2,660 residents
2,110 residents
This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PL5 2 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
- 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
18
within 5 km
MAYFLOWER MEDICAL GROUP
STIRLING ROAD MEDICAL CTR, STIRLING ROAD, PLYMOUTH, PL5 1PL
ODS code L83006
875 m
OAKSIDE SURGERY
HONICKNOWLE GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE, GUY MILES WAY, HONICKNOWLE GREEN, PLYMOUTH, PL5 3PY
ODS code L83015
1.5 km
ST NEOTS SURGERY
1 NORTH PROSPECT ROAD, PLYMOUTH, PL2 3HY
ODS code L83028
2.0 km
ST. LEVAN SURGERY
350 ST. LEVAN ROAD, PLYMOUTH, PL2 1JR
ODS code L83646
2.1 km
PEVERELL PARK SURGERY
THE STABLES, 162 OUTLAND ROAD, PLYMOUTH, PL2 3PX
ODS code L83648
2.4 km
BUDSHEAD MEDICAL PRACTICE
433 BUDSHEAD ROAD, WHITLEIGH, PLYMOUTH, PL5 4DU
ODS code L83113
2.5 km
PORT VIEW SURGERY
HIGHER PORT VIEW, SALTASH, PL12 4BU
ODS code L82066
2.7 km
STOKE SURGERY
BELMONT VILLAS, STOKE, PLYMOUTH, PL3 4DP
ODS code L83071
2.8 km
KNOWLE HOUSE SURGERY
4 MEAVY WAY, CROWNHILL, PLYMOUTH, PL5 3JB
ODS code L83089
3.1 km
SALTASH HEALTH CENTRE
CALLINGTON ROAD, SALTASH, PL12 6DL
ODS code L82046
3.2 km
NORTH ROAD WEST MED.CTR.
167 NORTH ROAD WEST, PLYMOUTH, PL1 5BZ
ODS code L83030
3.7 km
DEVONPORT HEALTH CENTRE
DAMEREL CLOSE, DEVONPORT, PLYMOUTH, PL1 4JZ
ODS code L83624
3.7 km
ADELAIDE STREET SURGERY
20 ADELAIDE STREET, STONEHOUSE, PLYMOUTH, PL1 3JF
ODS code L83651
3.9 km
LISSON GROVE MEDICAL CTR.
3-5 LISSON GROVE, MUTLEY, PLYMOUTH, PL4 7DL
ODS code L83147
3.9 km
SOUTHWAY SURGERY
33 ROCKFIELD AVENUE, PLYMOUTH, PL6 6DX
ODS code L83039
4.1 km
RAME GROUP PRACTICE
PENNTORR HEALTH, TREVOL ROAD, TORPOINT, PL11 2TB
ODS code Y00969
4.6 km
WEST HOE SURGERY
2 PIER STREET, PLYMOUTH, PL1 3BS
ODS code L83112
4.7 km
FRIARY HOUSE SURGERY
FRIARY HOUSE, BEAUMONT ROAD, ST. JUDES, PLYMOUTH, PL4 9BH
ODS code L83072
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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Flamsteed Crescent
BCT · Kings Tamerton
- 0.0 miles
Flamsteed Crescent
BCT · Kings Tamerton
- 0.0 miles
Moor Lane
BCT · Kings Tamerton
- 0.0 miles
Moor Lane
BCT · Kings Tamerton
- 0.1 miles
Bridwell Road Top
BCT · Weston Mill
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Plymouth 009C, 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
11,470 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 3 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 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
- 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
Recorded crime
2,913 published events cover 12 months, averaging 242.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,552 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.