SP5 5BJ

Fovant & Chalke 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 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SP5 5BH 106 m
SP5 5BL 139 m
SP5 5BN 186 m
SP5 5BP 219 m
SP5 5BS 255 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SP5 5BJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SP
Postcode district
SP5
Postcode sector
SP5 5
Latitude
51.011276
Longitude
-1.970222
British National Grid easting
402,185
British National Grid northing
123,545

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Wiltshire · E06000054
Parish or community
E04011639
Westminster constituency
Salisbury · E14001460
Output area
E00163146
Lower layer super output area
Wiltshire 054A · E01031990
Middle layer super output area
Wiltshire 054 · E02006669

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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12 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Meadow Vale, Costers Lane, Bowerchalke, Salisbury, SP5 5BJ 12 October 2023 £420,000
Laws Cottage, Costers Lane, Bowerchalke, Salisbury, SP5 5BJ 17 January 2023 £969,720
The Old Dairy House, Costers Lane, Bowerchalke, Salisbury, SP5 5BJ 18 November 2022 £1,410,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
1
Primary
1
Secondary
0
  1. Broad Chalke CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
17
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Criminal damage and arson 7
  • Violence and sexual offences 4
  • Burglary 2
  • Other crime 1
  • Other theft 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
13

7 female, 6 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
1.9
SP5 5 residents
3,188

Age bands in SP5 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14%

412 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.4%

218 residents

Age 25 to 44
15.9%

467 residents

Age 45 to 64
33.9%

1,000 residents

Age 65 and over
28.8%

849 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SP5 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

  • Holly Close

    BCT · Bowerchalke

    0.2 miles
  • Holly Close

    BCT · Bowerchalke

    0.2 miles
  • Holy Triniy Church

    BCT · Bowerchalke

    0.4 miles
  • Holy Triniy Church

    BCT · Bowerchalke

    0.4 miles
  • Sheerds Cross

    BCT · Bowerchalke

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wiltshire 054A, 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

17,738 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 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
1
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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £969,720 from 3 recorded sales in SP5 5BJ. 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

Published establishments

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Broad Chalke CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

17 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Criminal damage and arson with 7 events.

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