PO6 2LX

Drayton and Farlington · Portsmouth · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Portsmouth
Local authority
Portsmouth
Constituency
Portsmouth North
Postcode district
PO6
Postcode sector
PO6 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PO6 2LU 43 m
PO6 2LQ 111 m
PO6 2LG 113 m
PO6 2JX 115 m
PO6 2NG 115 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PO6 2LX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PO
Postcode district
PO6
Postcode sector
PO6 2
Latitude
50.844044
Longitude
-1.055043
British National Grid easting
466,626
British National Grid northing
105,373

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
E00086152
Lower layer super output area
Portsmouth 006E · E01017060
Middle layer super output area
Portsmouth 006 · E02003529

Postcode source versions

Explore PO6

42 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
22, Mansvid Avenue, Drayton, Portsmouth, PO6 2LX 7 October 2025 £500,000
29, Mansvid Avenue, Drayton, Portsmouth, PO6 2LX 31 July 2025 £450,000
18, Mansvid Avenue, Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 2LX 21 August 2020 £335,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
64
Primary
41
Secondary
11
  1. Court Lane Infant Academy

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    308 m
  2. Court Lane Junior Academy

    Academy converter

    308 m
  3. Springfield School

    Academy converter

    557 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,323
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,009
  • Shoplifting 326
  • Public order 208
  • Anti social behaviour 157
  • Criminal damage and arson 139

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
98

48 female, 50 male

Postcode households
32
Residents per household
3.1
PO6 2 residents
13,090

Age bands in PO6 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.2%

2,153 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.1%

1,315 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.7%

2,917 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.1%

3,088 residents

Age 65 and over
19.8%

2,336 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PO6 2 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

9

within 5 km

  • THE DRAYTON SURGERY

    280 HAVANT ROAD, DRAYTON, PORTSMOUTH, PO6 1PA

    ODS code J82102

    655 m

  • KIRKLANDS SURGERY

    111 COPNOR ROAD, COPNOR, PORTSMOUTH, PO3 5AF

    ODS code J82073

    3.6 km

  • DERBY ROAD GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code J82149

    3.7 km

  • PORTSDOWN GROUP PRACTICE

    KINGSTON CRESCENT SURGERY, 92 KINGSTON CRESCENT, PORTSMOUTH, PO2 8AL

    ODS code J82155

    3.9 km

  • VINE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code J82134

    4.1 km

  • BLOSSOM HEALTH

    82 PARK LANE, BEDHAMPTON, HAVANT, PO9 3HN

    ODS code J82646

    4.5 km

  • THE BOSMERE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SOLENT ROAD, HAVANT, PO9 1DQ

    ODS code J82010

    4.6 km

  • ISLAND CITY PRACTICE

    NUTFIELD PLACE, PORTSMOUTH, PO1 4JT

    ODS code J82085

    4.7 km

  • EAST SHORE PARTNERSHIP

    MILTON PARK SURGERY, ST MARY'S HEALTH CAMPUS, MILTON ROAD, PORTSMOUTH, PO3 6DW

    ODS code J82194

    4.9 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

  • Court Lane

    BCT · Cosham

    0.1 miles
  • Court Lane

    BCT · Cosham

    0.1 miles
  • Court Lane

    BCT · Cosham

    0.1 miles
  • Court Lane

    BCT · Cosham

    0.2 miles
  • Tregaron Avenue

    BCT · Cosham

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Portsmouth 006E, 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

28,823 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
7 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 £475,000 from 2 recorded sales in PO6 2LX. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Portsmouth is £250,999 in June 2026, up 0.1% year on year.

Schools

64 open schools are in scope, including 41 primary and 11 secondary schools. Court Lane Infant Academy is the nearest published school at 308 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,323 published events cover 12 months, averaging 193.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,009 events.

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