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PL7 2AE

Plympton St Mary · Plymouth · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Plympton St Mary
Local authority
Plymouth
Constituency
South West Devon
Postcode district
PL7
Postcode sector
PL7 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL7 2FH 24 m
PL7 2AA 28 m
PL7 2AG 35 m
PL7 2AR 47 m
PL7 2BH 78 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL7 2AE
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 1996
Terminated
1 January 2026
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL7
Postcode sector
PL7 2
Latitude
50.387780
Longitude
-4.050905
British National Grid easting
254,303
British National Grid northing
56,223

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Plymouth · E06000026
Electoral ward
Plympton St Mary · E05002090
Parish or community
E43000021
Westminster constituency
South West Devon · E14001495
Output area
E00076386
Lower layer super output area
Plymouth 015C · E01015123
Middle layer super output area
Plymouth 015 · E02003136

Postcode source versions

Explore PL7

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
34
Primary
25
Secondary
6

  1. Plympton Academy

    Academy converter

    72 m

  2. St Mary's Priory Junior School

    Academy converter

    437 m

  3. Longcause Community Special School

    Community special school

    626 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,048
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 514
  • Criminal damage and arson 100
  • Anti social behaviour 97
  • Shoplifting 87
  • Other theft 76

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
PL7 2 residents
10,664

Age bands in PL7 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.8%

1,824 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

996 residents

Age 25 to 44
27%

2,765 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.7%

2,735 residents

Age 65 and over
18.9%

1,937 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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
0%
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

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • BEACON MEDICAL GROUP

    PLYMPTON HEALTH CENTRE, MUDGE WAY, PLYMPTON, PLYMOUTH, PL7 1AD

    ODS code L83100

    212 m

  • PATHFIELDS MEDICAL GROUP

    PLYMPTON HEALTH CENTRE, MUDGE WAY, PLYMOUTH, PL7 1AD

    ODS code L83008

    212 m

  • ELM SURGERY

    123 LEYPARK WALK, ESTOVER, PLYMOUTH, PL6 8UF

    ODS code L83019

    3.9 km

  • CHURCH VIEW SURGERY

    30 HOLLAND ROAD, PLYMSTOCK, PLYMOUTH, PL9 9BN

    ODS code L83064

    4.3 km

  • DEAN CROSS SURGERY

    21 RADFORD PARK ROAD, PLYMSTOCK, PLYMOUTH, PL9 9DL

    ODS code L83021

    4.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Ridgeway Shops

    BCT · Plympton

    0.0 miles

  • Ridgeway Academy

    BCT · Plympton

    0.0 miles

  • Ridgeway Garage

    BCT · Plympton

    0.1 miles

  • Ridgeway Masonic Hall

    BCT · Plympton

    0.1 miles

  • Ridgeway School

    BCT · Plympton

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Plymouth 015C, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,570 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
8 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

Schools

34 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 6 secondary schools. Plympton Academy is the nearest published school at 72 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,048 published events cover 12 months, averaging 87.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 514 events.

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