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TQ3 3NL

King's Ash · Torbay · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Paignton
Ward
King's Ash
Local authority
Torbay
Constituency
South Devon
Postcode district
TQ3
Postcode sector
TQ3 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
TQ3 3PW 52 m
TQ3 3NJ 53 m
TQ3 3PG 54 m
TQ3 3NH 75 m
TQ3 3NQ 103 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
TQ3 3NL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
TQ
Postcode district
TQ3
Postcode sector
TQ3 3
Latitude
50.445482
Longitude
-3.583783
British National Grid easting
287,644
British National Grid northing
61,827

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Torbay · E06000027
Electoral ward
King's Ash · E05012262
Parish or community
E43000022
Westminster constituency
South Devon · E14001484
Output area
E00076764
Lower layer super output area
Torbay 013D · E01015193
Middle layer super output area
Torbay 013 · E02003166

Postcode source versions

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Property

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3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Hill View, 133a, Marldon Road, Paignton, TQ3 3NL 22 January 2018 £114,500
Hill View, 133a, Marldon Road, Paignton, TQ3 3NL 18 December 2003 £126,000
Hill View, 133a, Marldon Road, Paignton, TQ3 3NL 6 December 2002 £102,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
28
Primary
19
Secondary
4

  1. Kings Ash Academy

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    598 m

  2. Oldway Primary School

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    1.2 km

  3. Sacred Heart Catholic School

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    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,420
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,047
  • Shoplifting 319
  • Anti social behaviour 210
  • Other theft 204
  • Criminal damage and arson 192

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
4

3 female, 1 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
2.0
TQ3 3 residents
15,190

Age bands in TQ3 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.6%

2,776 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.1%

1,663 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.1%

3,594 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.8%

3,999 residents

Age 65 and over
19.5%

2,906 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider TQ3 3 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+
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%

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

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • OLD FARM SURGERY

    67 FOXHOLE ROAD, PAIGNTON, TQ3 3TB

    ODS code L83607

    763 m

  • PEMBROKE MEDICAL GROUP

    PEMBROKE HOUSE, 266-276 TORQUAY ROAD, PAIGNTON, TQ3 2EZ

    ODS code L83131

    1.7 km

  • MAYFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    37 TOTNES ROAD, PAIGNTON, TQ4 5LA

    ODS code L83014

    1.7 km

  • CORNER PLACE SURGERY

    46A DARTMOUTH ROAD, PAIGNTON, TQ4 5AH

    ODS code L83103

    1.8 km

  • CHELSTON HALL SURGERY

    OLD MILL ROAD, CHELSTON, TORQUAY, TQ2 6HW

    ODS code L83118

    3.3 km

  • CROFT HALL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    19 CROFT ROAD, TORQUAY, TQ2 5UA

    ODS code L83027

    4.1 km

Nearby transport

  • Marldon Road Post Office

    BCT · Paignton

    0.0 miles

  • Marldon Road Post Office

    BCT · Paignton

    0.0 miles

  • Maidenway Lane

    BCT · Paignton

    0.1 miles

  • Ramshill Road

    BCT · Paignton

    0.1 miles

  • Redwell Road

    BCT · Paignton

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Torbay 013D, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

12,268 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
5 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

28 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 4 secondary schools. Kings Ash Academy is the nearest published school at 598 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,420 published events cover 12 months, averaging 201.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,047 events.

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