Property market
The five-year median is £485,000 from 2 recorded sales in TQ1 3EQ. 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 3EQ
Ellacombe · Torbay · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- TQ1 3EQ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 October 1984
- Terminated
- 1 August 2021
- Postcode area
- TQ
- Postcode district
- TQ1
- Postcode sector
- TQ1 3
- Latitude
- 50.472396
- Longitude
- -3.533778
- British National Grid easting
- 291,256
- British National Grid northing
- 64,745
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South West · E12000009
- Local authority district
- Torbay · E06000027
- Electoral ward
- Ellacombe · E05012259
- Parish or community
- E43000022
- Westminster constituency
- Torbay · E14001551
- Output area
- E00077086
- Lower layer super output area
- Torbay 004D · E01015260
- Middle layer super output area
- Torbay 004 · E02003157
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore TQ1
Property
2 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 35, Thurlow Road, Torquay, TQ1 3EQ | 30 January 2026 | £495,000 |
| 35, Thurlow Road, Torquay, TQ1 3EQ | 8 January 2024 | £475,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 33
- Primary
- 21
- Secondary
- 5
- 224 m
Upton St James CofE Primary School
Academy converter
- 476 m
Ellacombe Church of England Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 578 m
Eat That Frog C.I.C
Special post 16 institution
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 6,099
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,749
- Anti social behaviour 664
- Criminal damage and arson 527
- Shoplifting 475
- Other theft 445
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- TQ1 3 residents
- 9,449
Age bands in TQ1 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 13.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 20.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 29.1%
1,333 residents
916 residents
1,980 residents
2,707 residents
2,847 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.
GP practices
8
within 5 km straight-line
SOUTHOVER MEDICAL PRACTICE
BRONSHILL ROAD, TORQUAY, TQ1 3HD
ODS code L83029
479 m
CROFT HALL MEDICAL PRACTICE
19 CROFT ROAD, TORQUAY, TQ2 5UA
ODS code L83027
655 m
CHELSTON HALL SURGERY
OLD MILL ROAD, CHELSTON, TORQUAY, TQ2 6HW
ODS code L83118
1.4 km
BRUNEL MEDICAL PRACTICE
ST. ALBANS ROAD, BABBACOMBE, TORQUAY, TQ1 3SL
ODS code L83013
1.4 km
CHILCOTE PRACTICE
CHILCOTE SURGERY, DEWERSTONE PRACTICE, HAMPTON AVENUE, TORQUAY, TQ1 3LA
ODS code L83111
1.5 km
PEMBROKE MEDICAL GROUP
PEMBROKE HOUSE, 266-276 TORQUAY ROAD, PAIGNTON, TQ3 2EZ
ODS code L83131
3.5 km
KINGSKERSWELL & IPPLEPEN MED PRACTICE
THE HEALTH CENTRE, SCHOOL ROAD, KINGSKERSWELL, NEWTON ABBOT, TQ12 5DJ
ODS code L83031
4.7 km
CORNER PLACE SURGERY
46A DARTMOUTH ROAD, PAIGNTON, TQ4 5AH
ODS code L83103
5.0 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
St Marychurch Road
BCT · Ellacombe
- 0.1 miles
Coach Station
BCT · Torquay
- 0.1 miles
Coach Station
BCT · Torquay
- 0.1 miles
Upton Park
BCT · Torre
- 0.1 miles
Hatfield Road
BCT · Ellacombe
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Torbay 004D, 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
1 of 10
Overall England rank
2,593 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 of 10
- Living environment
- 1 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
33 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 5 secondary schools. Upton St James CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 224 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
6,099 published events cover 12 months, averaging 508.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,749 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.