PL5 4NU

Southway · 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 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL5 4NS 71 m
PL5 4NY 85 m
PL5 4NR 91 m
PL5 4NX 106 m
PL5 4NT 118 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL5 4NU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL5
Postcode sector
PL5 4
Latitude
50.429788
Longitude
-4.153243
British National Grid easting
247,164
British National Grid northing
61,099

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Plymouth · E06000026
Electoral ward
Southway · E05002095
Parish or community
E43000021
Westminster constituency
Plymouth Moor View · E14001426
Output area
E00076622
Lower layer super output area
Plymouth 003D · E01015163
Middle layer super output area
Plymouth 003 · E02003124

Postcode source versions

Explore PL5

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
4, Harwood Avenue, Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth, PL5 4NU 5 June 2025 £275,000
5, Harwood Avenue, Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth, PL5 4NU 14 September 2016 £259,950
Harwood Cottage, Harwood Avenue, Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth, PL5 4NU 7 April 2003 £80,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
53
Primary
34
Secondary
8
  1. Mary Dean's CofE Primary School and Nursery

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    285 m
  2. St Peter's RC Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.0 km
  3. Woodfield Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,190
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 691
  • Criminal damage and arson 137
  • Anti social behaviour 85
  • Public order 62
  • Other theft 52

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
26

13 female, 13 male

Postcode households
13
Residents per household
2.0
PL5 4 residents
9,810

Age bands in PL5 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
20.2%

1,951 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.4%

1,004 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.7%

2,578 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.6%

2,569 residents

Age 65 and over
16.2%

1,563 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PL5 4 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
21.4%

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

10

within 5 km

  • BUDSHEAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    433 BUDSHEAD ROAD, WHITLEIGH, PLYMOUTH, PL5 4DU

    ODS code L83113

    1.4 km

  • SOUTHWAY SURGERY

    33 ROCKFIELD AVENUE, PLYMOUTH, PL6 6DX

    ODS code L83039

    1.4 km

  • OAKSIDE SURGERY

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

    ODS code L83015

    2.1 km

  • KNOWLE HOUSE SURGERY

    4 MEAVY WAY, CROWNHILL, PLYMOUTH, PL5 3JB

    ODS code L83089

    2.7 km

  • ROBOROUGH SURGERY

    1 EASTCOTE CLOSE, ROBOROUGH, PLYMOUTH, PL6 6PH

    ODS code L83048

    2.7 km

  • MAYFLOWER MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code L83006

    3.7 km

  • PEVERELL PARK SURGERY

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

    ODS code L83648

    4.1 km

  • ST NEOTS SURGERY

    1 NORTH PROSPECT ROAD, PLYMOUTH, PL2 3HY

    ODS code L83028

    4.7 km

  • ELM SURGERY

    123 LEYPARK WALK, ESTOVER, PLYMOUTH, PL6 8UF

    ODS code L83019

    4.7 km

  • PORT VIEW SURGERY

    HIGHER PORT VIEW, SALTASH, PL12 4BU

    ODS code L82066

    5.0 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

  • Harwood Avenue

    BCT · Tamerton Foliot

    0.0 miles
  • Harwood Avenue

    BCT · Tamerton Foliot

    0.1 miles
  • Horsham Lane

    BCT · Tamerton Foliot

    0.1 miles
  • The Chapel

    BCT · Tamerton Foliot

    0.1 miles
  • Queens Arms

    BCT · Tamerton Foliot

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Plymouth 003D, 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

13,411 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
8 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 £275,000 from 1 recorded sale in PL5 4NU. 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

53 open schools are in scope, including 34 primary and 8 secondary schools. Mary Dean's CofE Primary School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 285 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,190 published events cover 12 months, averaging 99.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 691 events.

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