SP5 3FF

Downton & Ebble Valley · Wiltshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SP5 3HN 20 m
SP5 3HJ 109 m
SP5 3NX 118 m
SP5 3HP 135 m
SP5 3HR 174 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SP5 3FF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2015
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SP
Postcode district
SP5
Postcode sector
SP5 3
Latitude
50.990642
Longitude
-1.757156
British National Grid easting
417,140
British National Grid northing
121,278

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Wiltshire · E06000054
Parish or community
E04011700
Westminster constituency
Salisbury · E14001460
Output area
E00163164
Lower layer super output area
Wiltshire 062C · E01031993
Middle layer super output area
Wiltshire 062 · E02006677

Postcode source versions

Explore SP5

16 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
7, Charlotte Close, Downton, Salisbury, SP5 3FF 28 June 2024 £160,000
3, Charlotte Close, Downton, Salisbury, SP5 3FF 12 May 2023 £310,000
11, Charlotte Close, Downton, Salisbury, SP5 3FF 3 March 2021 £322,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
4
Secondary
1
  1. The Trafalgar School at Downton

    Academy converter

    65 m
  2. Downton CofE VA Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    416 m
  3. Morgan's Vale and Woodfalls Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
128
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Criminal damage and arson 32
  • Violence and sexual offences 31
  • Anti social behaviour 22
  • Vehicle crime 13
  • Public order 9

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
24

11 female, 13 male

Postcode households
13
Residents per household
1.8
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 0.4% 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+
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

1

within 5 km

  • DOWNTON SURGERY

    MOOT LANE, DOWNTON, SALISBURY, SP5 3JP

    ODS code J83043

    1.0 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Trafalgar School

    BCT · Downton

    0.1 miles
  • The Bull

    BCT · Downton

    0.1 miles
  • The Bull

    BCT · Downton

    0.2 miles
  • Co-op

    BCT · Downton

    0.2 miles
  • Co-op

    BCT · Downton

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wiltshire 062C, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

20,013 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
3 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
Possible

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 £235,000 from 2 recorded sales in SP5 3FF. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Wiltshire is £328,908 in June 2026, up 2.7% year on year.

Schools

5 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 1 secondary schools. The Trafalgar School at Downton is the nearest published school at 65 m.

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

Recorded crime

128 published events cover 12 months, averaging 10.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Criminal damage and arson with 32 events.

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