PL7 4LA

Plympton St Mary · Plymouth · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Plymouth
Local authority
Plymouth
Constituency
South West Devon
Postcode district
PL7
Postcode sector
PL7 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL7 4JU 76 m
PL7 4JZ 94 m
PL7 4LR 107 m
PL7 4LP 117 m
PL7 4JT 126 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL7 4LA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL7
Postcode sector
PL7 4
Latitude
50.391027
Longitude
-4.062652
British National Grid easting
253,478
British National Grid northing
56,607

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Plymouth · E06000026
Parish or community
E43000021
Westminster constituency
South West Devon · E14001495
Output area
E00076385
Lower layer super output area
Plymouth 015C · E01015123
Middle layer super output area
Plymouth 015 · E02003136

Postcode source versions

Explore PL7

8 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Woodland Road, Plymouth, PL7 4LA 6 December 2024 £285,000
9, Woodland Road, Plymouth, PL7 4LA 15 September 2017 £217,500
1, Woodland Road, Plymouth, PL7 4LA 29 June 2016 £262,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
42
Primary
30
Secondary
7
  1. Hele's School

    Academy converter

    246 m
  2. St Mary's Priory CofE Infant & Nursery School

    Academy converter

    335 m
  3. Boringdon Primary School

    Academy converter

    478 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
817
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 367
  • Shoplifting 91
  • Anti social behaviour 89
  • Criminal damage and arson 79
  • Other theft 61

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
18

9 female, 9 male

Postcode households
9
Residents per household
2.0
PL7 4 residents
9,145

Age bands in PL7 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.4%

1,439 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

918 residents

Age 25 to 44
20%

1,864 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.7%

2,583 residents

Age 65 and over
27.1%

2,532 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PL7 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
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

7

within 5 km

  • BEACON MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code L83100

    893 m

  • PATHFIELDS MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code L83008

    893 m

  • ELM SURGERY

    123 LEYPARK WALK, ESTOVER, PLYMOUTH, PL6 8UF

    ODS code L83019

    3.1 km

  • CHURCH VIEW SURGERY

    30 HOLLAND ROAD, PLYMSTOCK, PLYMOUTH, PL9 9BN

    ODS code L83064

    4.2 km

  • DEAN CROSS SURGERY

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

    ODS code L83021

    4.3 km

  • WYCLIFFE SURGERY

    8 CATTEDOWN ROAD, PLYMOUTH, PL4 0BZ

    ODS code L83076

    5.0 km

  • LISSON GROVE MEDICAL CTR.

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

    ODS code L83147

    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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Stonebarton Road

    BCT · Colebrook

    0.1 miles
  • Dingle Road

    BCT · Underwood

    0.1 miles
  • St Marys Court

    BCT · Underwood

    0.1 miles
  • Skewbridge

    BCT · Underwood

    0.2 miles
  • St Mary's Bridge

    BCT · Plympton

    0.2 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

Property market

The five-year median is £285,000 from 1 recorded sale in PL7 4LA. 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

42 open schools are in scope, including 30 primary and 7 secondary schools. Hele's School is the nearest published school at 246 m.

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

Recorded crime

817 published events cover 12 months, averaging 68.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 367 events.

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