Property market
The five-year median is £454,250 from 490 recorded sales in PL8. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for South Hams is £360,571 in June 2026, down 6.8% year on year.
PL8
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 368
- Current units
- 316
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 3
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- South West
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 52
Postcode sectors in PL8
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
3,245 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Keaton Barns, Seadrift, Holbeton, Plymouth, PL8 1HL | 17 July 2026 | £625,000 |
| 9, Church Way, Yealmpton, Plymouth, PL8 2LA | 13 July 2026 | £256,000 |
| Court House, Revelstoke, Yealm Road, Newton Ferrers, Plymouth, PL8 1AQ | 10 July 2026 | £678,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 4
- Primary
- 4
- Secondary
- 0
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 106
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 48
- Other theft 15
- Burglary 10
- Criminal damage and arson 10
- Anti social behaviour 8
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- PL8 usual residents
- 6,130
- Age-profile population
- 6,260
Age bands in PL8
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 14.5%
- Age 15 to 24
- 7.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 16.4%
- Age 45 to 64
- 29.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 31.8%
910 residents
487 residents
1,027 residents
1,846 residents
1,990 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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 310 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 80%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 80%
- Gigabit-capable
- 80%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
206 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 128 had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, and 15 had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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
1
in this district
YEALM MEDICAL CENTRE
MARKET STREET, YEALMPTON, PLYMOUTH, PL8 2EA
ODS code L83081
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.
Evidence in context
Schools
4 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
106 published events cover 12 months, averaging 8.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 48 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.