TQ5 9QU

St Peter's with St Mary's · Torbay · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Brixham
Local authority
Torbay
Constituency
South Devon
Postcode district
TQ5
Postcode sector
TQ5 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
TQ5 9QZ 51 m
TQ5 9QT 64 m
TQ5 9QY 91 m
TQ5 9QX 113 m
TQ5 0AD 145 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
TQ5 9QU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
TQ
Postcode district
TQ5
Postcode sector
TQ5 9
Latitude
50.383787
Longitude
-3.520818
British National Grid easting
291,974
British National Grid northing
54,874

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Torbay · E06000027
Parish or community
E04001084
Westminster constituency
South Devon · E14001484
Output area
E00077053
Lower layer super output area
Torbay 018A · E01015244
Middle layer super output area
Torbay 018 · E02003171

Postcode source versions

Explore TQ5

15 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
3, St Marys Close, Brixham, TQ5 9QU 12 December 2025 £270,000
10, St Marys Close, Brixham, TQ5 9QU 29 September 2023 £286,000
7, St Marys Close, Brixham, TQ5 9QU 30 March 2021 £280,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
6
Secondary
2
  1. St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School

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    314 m
  2. Eden Park Primary & Nursery School

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    359 m
  3. Brixham Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,003
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 489
  • Anti social behaviour 117
  • Criminal damage and arson 110
  • Other theft 62
  • Public order 49

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
17

8 female, 9 male

Postcode households
9
Residents per household
1.9
TQ5 9 residents
8,940

Age bands in TQ5 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.1%

1,226 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.3%

722 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.3%

1,509 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.3%

2,645 residents

Age 65 and over
30%

2,616 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider TQ5 9 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 straight-line

  • COMPASS HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRES

    KING STREET, BRIXHAM, TQ5 9TF

    ODS code L83055

    1.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Upton Manor Road

    BCT · Brixham

    0.0 miles
  • Central Garage

    BCT · Brixham

    0.1 miles
  • Central Garage

    BCT · Brixham

    0.1 miles
  • St Marys Square

    BCT · Brixham

    0.2 miles
  • The Follies

    BCT · Brixham

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Torbay 018A, 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

15,645 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
7 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

Property market

The five-year median is £278,000 from 2 recorded sales in TQ5 9QU. 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.

Schools

8 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 2 secondary schools. St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 314 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,003 published events cover 12 months, averaging 83.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 489 events.

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