PO6 1ES

Drayton and Farlington · Portsmouth · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Portsmouth
Constituency
Portsmouth North
Postcode district
PO6
Postcode sector
PO6 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PO6 1EP 100 m
PO6 1EY 137 m
PO6 1EZ 165 m
PO6 1HT 177 m
PO6 1EL 194 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PO6 1ES
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PO
Postcode district
PO6
Postcode sector
PO6 1
Latitude
50.851772
Longitude
-1.042172
British National Grid easting
467,521
British National Grid northing
106,244

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Portsmouth · E06000044
Parish or community
E43000035
Westminster constituency
Portsmouth North · E14001431
Output area
E00086159
Lower layer super output area
Portsmouth 026B · E01017062
Middle layer super output area
Portsmouth 026 · E02006821

Postcode source versions

Explore PO6

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
68
Primary
46
Secondary
10
  1. Solent Infant School

    Academy converter

    448 m
  2. Solent Junior School

    Academy converter

    448 m
  3. Purbrook Park School

    Foundation school

    960 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,014
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 498
  • Public order 82
  • Shoplifting 79
  • Criminal damage and arson 69
  • Other theft 65

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
81

39 female, 42 male

Postcode households
23
Residents per household
3.5
PO6 1 residents
8,289

Age bands in PO6 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18%

1,628 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

886 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.4%

2,199 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.2%

2,369 residents

Age 65 and over
21.5%

1,945 residents

This postcode contained 1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PO6 1 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

8

within 5 km

  • THE DRAYTON SURGERY

    280 HAVANT ROAD, DRAYTON, PORTSMOUTH, PO6 1PA

    ODS code J82102

    666 m

  • VINE MEDICAL GROUP

    FOREST END SITE, FOREST END, WATERLOOVILLE, PO7 7AH

    ODS code J82134

    3.0 km

  • BLOSSOM HEALTH

    82 PARK LANE, BEDHAMPTON, HAVANT, PO9 3HN

    ODS code J82646

    3.3 km

  • THE BOSMERE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SOLENT ROAD, HAVANT, PO9 1DQ

    ODS code J82010

    3.6 km

  • HOMEWELL CURLEW PRACTICE

    HAVANT HEALTH CENTRE, CIVIC CENTRE ROAD, HAVANT, PO9 2AQ

    ODS code J82196

    4.5 km

  • KIRKLANDS SURGERY

    111 COPNOR ROAD, COPNOR, PORTSMOUTH, PO3 5AF

    ODS code J82073

    4.6 km

  • DERBY ROAD GROUP PRACTICE

    DERBY ROAD SURGERY, 27-29 DERBY ROAD, PORTSMOUTH, PO2 8HP

    ODS code J82149

    4.9 km

  • OAKS HEALTHCARE

    26-30 LONDON ROAD, COWPLAIN, WATERLOOVILLE, PO8 8DL

    ODS code J82163

    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

  • Farlington Avenue

    BCT · Cosham

    0.2 miles
  • Farlington Avenue

    BCT · Cosham

    0.2 miles
  • Fort Purbrook

    BCT · Farlington

    0.4 miles
  • Fort Purbrook

    BCT · Farlington

    0.4 miles
  • South Road

    BCT · Drayton

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Portsmouth 026B, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

33,472 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
8 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

68 open schools are in scope, including 46 primary and 10 secondary schools. Solent Infant School is the nearest published school at 448 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,014 published events cover 12 months, averaging 84.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 498 events.

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