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PL7 5AA

Wembury & Brixton · South Hams · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Plymouth
Local authority
South Hams
Constituency
South West Devon
Postcode district
PL7
Postcode sector
PL7 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL7 1XJ 568 m
PL7 1XH 619 m
PL7 1XG 628 m
PL7 5AB 664 m
PL7 1QQ 668 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL7 5AA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL7
Postcode sector
PL7 5
Latitude
50.374766
Longitude
-4.025154
British National Grid easting
256,094
British National Grid northing
54,726

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
South Hams · E07000044
Parish or community
E04003135
Westminster constituency
South West Devon · E14001495
Output area
E00181104
Lower layer super output area
South Hams 009D · E01020187
Middle layer super output area
South Hams 009 · E02004197

Postcode source versions

Explore PL7

5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Wiverton Acre, Plympton, Plymouth, PL7 5AA 22 August 2014 £396,000
Wiverton, Swallow Cottage, Plympton, Plymouth, PL7 5AA 27 March 2013 £275,000
Wiverton House, Plympton, Plymouth, PL7 5AA 12 November 2010 £575,000

Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools
20
Primary
15
Secondary
4
  1. Yealmpstone Farm Primary School

    Community school

    850 m
  2. Plympton St Maurice Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.6 km
  3. Glen Park Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
338
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 184
  • Criminal damage and arson 37
  • Anti social behaviour 36
  • Other theft 23
  • Public order 20

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
17
9 female, 8 male
Postcode households
6
Residents per household
2.8
PL7 5 residents
2,665

Age bands in PL7 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.3%
399 residents
Age 15 to 24
9.7%
252 residents
Age 25 to 44
20.3%
529 residents
Age 45 to 64
32.5%
848 residents
Age 65 and over
22.2%
579 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PL7 5 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+
16.7%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
16.7%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
16.7%
Gigabit-capable
16.7%
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • BEACON MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code L83100

    2.3 km

  • PATHFIELDS MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code L83008

    2.3 km

  • YEALM MEDICAL CENTRE

    MARKET STREET, YEALMPTON, PLYMOUTH, PL8 2EA

    ODS code L83081

    3.5 km

  • CHURCH VIEW SURGERY

    30 HOLLAND ROAD, PLYMSTOCK, PLYMOUTH, PL9 9BN

    ODS code L83064

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Higher Park Close

    BCT · Plympton

    514 m
  • Higher Park Close

    BCT · Plympton

    530 m
  • Greenlees Drive

    BCT · Plympton

    600 m
  • Greenlees Drive

    BCT · Plympton

    605 m
  • Aycliffe Gardens

    BCT · Plympton

    704 m

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Hams 009D, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

19,092 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
9 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

20 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 4 secondary schools. Yealmpstone Farm Primary School is the nearest published school at 850 m.

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

Recorded crime

338 published events cover 12 months, averaging 28 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 184 events.

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