TQ12 6LQ

Ashburton & Buckfastleigh · Teignbridge · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Newton Abbot
Local authority
Teignbridge
Constituency
Central Devon
Postcode district
TQ12
Postcode sector
TQ12 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
TQ12 6LG 582 m
TQ13 7EX 707 m
TQ13 7ET 944 m
TQ13 7EY 989 m
TQ12 6LH 1.1 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
TQ12 6LQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
TQ
Postcode district
TQ12
Postcode sector
TQ12 6
Latitude
50.541645
Longitude
-3.734022
British National Grid easting
277,227
British National Grid northing
72,757

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Teignbridge · E07000045
Parish or community
E04003191
Westminster constituency
Central Devon · E14001155
Output area
E00102297
Lower layer super output area
Teignbridge 017A · E01020195
Middle layer super output area
Teignbridge 017 · E02004217

Postcode source versions

Explore TQ12

7 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
4, Stormsdown Cottages, Bickington, Newton Abbot, TQ12 6LQ 30 April 2021 £315,000
Moor View, Bickington, Newton Abbot, TQ12 6LQ 24 January 2019 £492,000
3, Stormsdown Cottages, Bickington, Newton Abbot, TQ12 6LQ 15 February 2013 £172,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
5
Primary
3
Secondary
1
  1. South Dartmoor Community College

    Academy converter

    2.1 km
  2. Sands School

    Other independent school

    3.1 km
  3. Ashburton Primary School

    Academy converter

    3.2 km

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
29

12 female, 17 male

Postcode households
12
Residents per household
2.4
TQ12 6 residents
9,170

Age bands in TQ12 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.8%

1,439 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

946 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.9%

2,431 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.7%

2,795 residents

Age 65 and over
22%

2,144 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider TQ12 6 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
63.6%
Next Generation Access
0%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
27.3%

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 straight-line

  • ASHBURTON SURGERY

    1 EASTERN ROAD, ASHBURTON, NEWTON ABBOT, TQ13 7AP

    ODS code L83010

    2.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Caton Cross

    BCT · Caton

    0.9 miles
  • Alston Cross

    BCT · Caton

    0.9 miles
  • Caton Cross

    BCT · Caton

    0.9 miles
  • Alston Cross

    BCT · Caton

    0.9 miles
  • Goodstone Cross

    BCT · Goodstone

    1.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Teignbridge 017A, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

15,595 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 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.

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
Unlikely

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

Schools

5 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 1 secondary schools. South Dartmoor Community College is the nearest published school at 1.3 miles.

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