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TQ5 8BD

Furzeham with Summercombe · Torbay · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Brixham
Ward
Furzeham with Summercombe
Local authority
Torbay
Constituency
South Devon
Postcode district
TQ5
Postcode sector
TQ5 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
TQ5 8BG 36 m
TQ5 8AX 75 m
TQ5 8QN 79 m
TQ5 8QX 84 m
TQ5 8QY 85 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
TQ5 8BD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
TQ
Postcode district
TQ5
Postcode sector
TQ5 8
Latitude
50.400168
Longitude
-3.517149
British National Grid easting
292,272
British National Grid northing
56,690

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Torbay · E06000027
Electoral ward
Furzeham with Summercombe · E05012260
Parish or community
E04001084
Westminster constituency
South Devon · E14001484
Output area
E00076727
Lower layer super output area
Torbay 017G · E01015189
Middle layer super output area
Torbay 017 · E02003170

Postcode source versions

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Property

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8 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
48, North Furzeham Road, Brixham, TQ5 8BD 6 March 2019 £450,000
44, North Furzeham Road, Brixham, TQ5 8BD 4 January 2019 £320,000
48, North Furzeham Road, Brixham, TQ5 8BD 22 June 2015 £295,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
6
Secondary
2

  1. Furzeham Primary School

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    383 m

  2. Brixham College

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    1.0 km

  3. Brixham Church of England Primary School

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    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
931
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 448
  • Anti social behaviour 108
  • Criminal damage and arson 100
  • Other theft 62
  • Public order 52

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
12

6 female, 6 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
2.0
TQ5 8 residents
4,896

Age bands in TQ5 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
9.4%

457 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.3%

354 residents

Age 25 to 44
15.2%

742 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.9%

1,408 residents

Age 65 and over
39.1%

1,905 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider TQ5 8 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

1

within 5 km

  • COMPASS HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRES

    KING STREET, BRIXHAM, TQ5 9TF

    ODS code L83055

    596 m

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • North Furzeham Road

    BCT · Brixham

    0.0 miles

  • Alma Road

    BCT · Brixham

    0.1 miles

  • The Mount

    BCT · Brixham

    0.1 miles

  • Battery Gardens

    BCT · Brixham

    0.1 miles

  • Furzeham Primary School

    BCT · Brixham

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Torbay 017G, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

9,488 of 33,755

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

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

8 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 2 secondary schools. Furzeham Primary School is the nearest published school at 383 m.

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

Recorded crime

931 published events cover 12 months, averaging 77.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 448 events.

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