PL6 6SN

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
PL6
Postcode sector
PL6 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL6 6SZ 57 m
PL6 6SY 110 m
PL6 6QE 132 m
PL6 6SP 140 m
PL6 6SW 173 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL6 6SN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL6
Postcode sector
PL6 6
Latitude
50.425455
Longitude
-4.136067
British National Grid easting
248,370
British National Grid northing
60,582

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
E00076605
Lower layer super output area
Plymouth 002D · E01015162
Middle layer super output area
Plymouth 002 · E02003123

Postcode source versions

Explore PL6

25 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
147, Southway Drive, Plymouth, PL6 6SN 25 August 2023 £215,000
171, Southway Drive, Plymouth, PL6 6SN 15 March 2023 £210,000
171, Southway Drive, Plymouth, PL6 6SN 18 January 2022 £170,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
54
Primary
35
Secondary
8
  1. Beechwood Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    379 m
  2. Woodlands School

    Foundation special school

    539 m
  3. Notre Dame RC School

    Academy converter

    759 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,609
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 874
  • Criminal damage and arson 161
  • Anti social behaviour 129
  • Other theft 94
  • Public order 93

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
90

49 female, 41 male

Postcode households
36
Residents per household
2.5
PL6 6 residents
9,909

Age bands in PL6 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.8%

1,858 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.6%

952 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.7%

2,441 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.8%

2,453 residents

Age 65 and over
22%

2,177 residents

This postcode contained 0.9% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PL6 6 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

10

within 5 km

  • SOUTHWAY SURGERY

    33 ROCKFIELD AVENUE, PLYMOUTH, PL6 6DX

    ODS code L83039

    316 m

  • BUDSHEAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    433 BUDSHEAD ROAD, WHITLEIGH, PLYMOUTH, PL5 4DU

    ODS code L83113

    1.4 km

  • ROBOROUGH SURGERY

    1 EASTCOTE CLOSE, ROBOROUGH, PLYMOUTH, PL6 6PH

    ODS code L83048

    1.5 km

  • KNOWLE HOUSE SURGERY

    4 MEAVY WAY, CROWNHILL, PLYMOUTH, PL5 3JB

    ODS code L83089

    1.9 km

  • OAKSIDE SURGERY

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

    ODS code L83015

    2.3 km

  • ELM SURGERY

    123 LEYPARK WALK, ESTOVER, PLYMOUTH, PL6 8UF

    ODS code L83019

    3.4 km

  • PEVERELL PARK SURGERY

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

    ODS code L83648

    3.7 km

  • MAYFLOWER MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code L83006

    4.4 km

  • ST NEOTS SURGERY

    1 NORTH PROSPECT ROAD, PLYMOUTH, PL2 3HY

    ODS code L83028

    4.5 km

  • LISSON GROVE MEDICAL CTR.

    3-5 LISSON GROVE, MUTLEY, PLYMOUTH, PL4 7DL

    ODS code L83147

    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

  • Southway Drive Nature Reserve

    BCT · Southway

    0.0 miles
  • Hendwell Close

    BCT · Southway

    0.1 miles
  • Southway Valley Nature Reserve

    BCT · Southway

    0.1 miles
  • Southway Drive

    BCT · Southway

    0.1 miles
  • Bonville Road

    BCT · Southway

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Plymouth 002D, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

6,192 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
4 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
2
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 £190,000 from 4 recorded sales in PL6 6SN. 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

54 open schools are in scope, including 35 primary and 8 secondary schools. Beechwood Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 379 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,609 published events cover 12 months, averaging 134.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 874 events.

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