SP5 3BU

Alderbury & Whiteparish · Wiltshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Salisbury
Postcode district
SP5
Postcode sector
SP5 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SP5 3BX 808 m
SP5 1EL 960 m
SP5 3ET 972 m
SP5 3ES 1.5 km
SP5 3ER 1.7 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SP5 3BU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SP
Postcode district
SP5
Postcode sector
SP5 3
Latitude
51.078087
Longitude
-1.737769
British National Grid easting
418,466
British National Grid northing
131,007

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Wiltshire · E06000054
Parish or community
E04011680
Westminster constituency
Salisbury · E14001460
Output area
E00163263
Lower layer super output area
Wiltshire 057G · E01034550
Middle layer super output area
Wiltshire 057 · E02006672

Postcode source versions

Explore SP5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
24
Primary
13
Secondary
4
  1. St Joseph's Catholic School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.3 km
  2. Wyvern St Edmund's Academy

    Academy converter

    2.4 km
  3. St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Laverstock

    Academy converter

    2.4 km

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
2

1 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
2.0
SP5 3 residents
6,237

Age bands in SP5 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.3%

980 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.2%

522 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.9%

1,335 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.3%

1,875 residents

Age 65 and over
26.4%

1,690 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SP5 3 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
100%
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

4

within 5 km

  • THREE CHEQUERS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    72 ENDLESS STREET, SALISBURY, SP1 3UH

    ODS code J83026

    4.0 km

  • SALISBURY WALK-IN HC

    AVON APPROACH, SALISBURY, SP1 3SL

    ODS code Y02666

    4.2 km

  • SARUM HEALTH GROUP

    MILLSTREAM MEDICAL CENTRE, MILLSTREAM HOUSE, AVON APPROACH, SALISBURY, SP1 3SL

    ODS code J83052

    4.2 km

  • HARCOURT MEDICAL CENTRE

    CRANE BRIDGE ROAD, SALISBURY, SP2 7TD

    ODS code J83003

    4.6 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

  • Viney Ridge

    BCT · Winterbourne Earls

    1.4 miles
  • Viney Ridge

    BCT · Winterbourne Earls

    1.4 miles
  • Ford Turn

    BCT · Bishopdown

    1.4 miles
  • Clearway Garage

    BCT · Firsdown

    1.6 miles
  • Broken Cross

    BCT · Ford

    1.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wiltshire 057G, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

20,843 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
6 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

24 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 4 secondary schools. St Joseph's Catholic School is the nearest published school at 1.4 miles.

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