Schools
40 open schools are in scope, including 26 primary and 6 secondary schools. Preston Primary School is the nearest published school at 584 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
TQ2 6SJ
Cockington with Chelston · Torbay · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- TQ2 6SJ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1992
- Terminated
- 1 December 1992
- Postcode area
- TQ
- Postcode district
- TQ2
- Postcode sector
- TQ2 6
- Latitude
- 50.458272
- Longitude
- -3.551017
- British National Grid easting
- 290,000
- British National Grid northing
- 63,200
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South West · E12000009
- Local authority district
- Torbay · E06000027
- Electoral ward
- Cockington with Chelston · E05012257
- Parish or community
- E43000022
- Westminster constituency
- Torbay · E14001551
- Output area
- E00076855
- Lower layer super output area
- Torbay 019F · E01015208
- Middle layer super output area
- Torbay 019 · E02006840
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 TQ2
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 40
- Primary
- 26
- Secondary
- 6
- 584 m
Preston Primary School
Academy sponsor led
- 1.1 km
Cockington Primary School
Academy converter
- 1.8 km
Eat That Frog C.I.C
Special post 16 institution
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,019
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 902
- Anti social behaviour 220
- Criminal damage and arson 193
- Other theft 130
- Public order 113
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- TQ2 6 residents
- 10,609
Age bands in TQ2 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.3%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.9%
- Age 25 to 44
- 21.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 23.6%
1,896 residents
1,089 residents
2,353 residents
3,033 residents
2,587 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
9
within 5 km straight-line
CHELSTON HALL SURGERY
OLD MILL ROAD, CHELSTON, TORQUAY, TQ2 6HW
ODS code L83118
621 m
CROFT HALL MEDICAL PRACTICE
19 CROFT ROAD, TORQUAY, TQ2 5UA
ODS code L83027
1.4 km
PEMBROKE MEDICAL GROUP
PEMBROKE HOUSE, 266-276 TORQUAY ROAD, PAIGNTON, TQ3 2EZ
ODS code L83131
1.6 km
SOUTHOVER MEDICAL PRACTICE
BRONSHILL ROAD, TORQUAY, TQ1 3HD
ODS code L83029
2.4 km
CORNER PLACE SURGERY
46A DARTMOUTH ROAD, PAIGNTON, TQ4 5AH
ODS code L83103
3.0 km
MAYFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
37 TOTNES ROAD, PAIGNTON, TQ4 5LA
ODS code L83014
3.1 km
OLD FARM SURGERY
67 FOXHOLE ROAD, PAIGNTON, TQ3 3TB
ODS code L83607
3.3 km
BRUNEL MEDICAL PRACTICE
ST. ALBANS ROAD, BABBACOMBE, TORQUAY, TQ1 3SL
ODS code L83013
3.4 km
CHILCOTE PRACTICE
CHILCOTE SURGERY, DEWERSTONE PRACTICE, HAMPTON AVENUE, TORQUAY, TQ1 3LA
ODS code L83111
3.5 km
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Wheatridge Lane
BCT · Livermead
- 0.2 miles
Wheatridge Lane
BCT · Livermead
- 0.2 miles
Barnfield Road
BCT · Livermead
- 0.2 miles
Barnfield Road
BCT · Livermead
- 0.2 miles
Underhill
BCT · Livermead
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Torbay 019F, 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
9 of 10
Overall England rank
29,902 of 33,755
- Income
- 10 of 10
- Employment
- 8 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 8 of 10
- Crime
- 9 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 of 10
- Living environment
- 8 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
Recorded crime
2,019 published events cover 12 months, averaging 168.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 902 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.