Property market
The five-year median is £210,000 from 3,391 recorded sales in TQ1. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Torbay is £223,577 in June 2026, down 0.9% year on year.
TQ1
UK postcode district
Part of Torquay
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,476
- Current units
- 923
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 7
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- South West
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 553
Postcode sectors in TQ1
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
26,223 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 25, Lower Shirburn Road, Torquay, TQ1 3ET | 29 July 2026 | £260,000 |
| 139, Teignmouth Road, Torquay, TQ1 4RY | 24 July 2026 | £200,000 |
| 7, Princes Road, Torquay, TQ1 1NL | 24 July 2026 | £155,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 14
- Primary
- 10
- Secondary
- 2
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 3,412
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,580
- Anti social behaviour 360
- Criminal damage and arson 306
- Shoplifting 264
- Other theft 245
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- TQ1 usual residents
- 33,160
- Age-profile population
- 32,758
Age bands in TQ1
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 14%
- 4,580 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 9%
- 2,938 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 21.1%
- 6,903 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.7%
- 9,417 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 27.2%
- 8,920 residents
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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 880 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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%
In this district, 759 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 480 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
3
in this district
BRUNEL MEDICAL PRACTICE
ST. ALBANS ROAD, BABBACOMBE, TORQUAY, TQ1 3SL
ODS code L83013
CHILCOTE PRACTICE
CHILCOTE SURGERY, DEWERSTONE PRACTICE, HAMPTON AVENUE, TORQUAY, TQ1 3LA
ODS code L83111
SOUTHOVER MEDICAL PRACTICE
BRONSHILL ROAD, TORQUAY, TQ1 3HD
ODS code L83029
Evidence in context
Schools
14 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 2 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
3,412 published events cover 12 months, averaging 284 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,580 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.