PL9 0HY

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
PL9
Postcode sector
PL9 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL9 0HT 55 m
PL9 0HZ 77 m
PL9 0HX 78 m
PL9 0JQ 110 m
PL9 0HU 139 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL9 0HY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL9
Postcode sector
PL9 0
Latitude
50.325396
Longitude
-4.070150
British National Grid easting
252,742
British National Grid northing
49,325

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
South Hams · E07000044
Parish or community
E04003185
Westminster constituency
South West Devon · E14001495
Output area
E00102253
Lower layer super output area
South Hams 009B · E01020185
Middle layer super output area
South Hams 009 · E02004197

Postcode source versions

Explore PL9

9 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
85, Mewstone Avenue, Wembury, Plymouth, PL9 0HY 27 January 2025 £440,000
91, Mewstone Avenue, Wembury, Plymouth, PL9 0HY 15 September 2017 £223,662
95, Mewstone Avenue, Wembury, Plymouth, PL9 0HY 6 May 2016 £230,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
11
Primary
9
Secondary
2
  1. Wembury Primary School

    Academy converter

    250 m
  2. Newton Ferrers Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.6 km
  3. Coombe Dean School

    Academy converter

    3.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
46
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 31
  • Burglary 3
  • Other crime 3
  • Criminal damage and arson 3
  • Public order 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
9

6 female, 3 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
3.0
PL9 0 residents
2,948

Age bands in PL9 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.8%

337 residents

Age 15 to 24
5.7%

162 residents

Age 25 to 44
15.2%

436 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.2%

808 residents

Age 65 and over
39.1%

1,118 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PL9 0 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

3

within 5 km

  • WEMBURY SURGERY

    51 HAWTHORN DRIVE, WEMBURY, PLYMOUTH, PL9 0BE

    ODS code L83639

    432 m

  • CHURCH VIEW SURGERY

    30 HOLLAND ROAD, PLYMSTOCK, PLYMOUTH, PL9 9BN

    ODS code L83064

    3.7 km

  • DEAN CROSS SURGERY

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

    ODS code L83021

    4.1 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

  • Barton Close

    BCT · Wembury

    0.1 miles
  • Brownhill Lane

    BCT · Wembury

    0.1 miles
  • Brownhill Lane

    BCT · Wembury

    0.1 miles
  • Church Road

    BCT · Wembury

    0.1 miles
  • Church Road

    BCT · Wembury

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Hams 009B, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

27,363 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
2 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

Property market

The five-year median is £440,000 from 1 recorded sale in PL9 0HY. 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.

Schools

11 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 2 secondary schools. Wembury Primary School is the nearest published school at 250 m.

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

Recorded crime

46 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 31 events.

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