TQ postcode area: Torquay
The TQ postcode area is known as the Torquay area. It is every postcode that begins TQ followed by a number. It has 14 districts and 10,115 postcodes in use, across 4 councils.
Homes in the TQ area sold for a typical £280,000 in the 12 months to August 2026. By district, that runs from £215,000 in TQ1 (Torquay) to £550,500 in TQ8 (Salcombe).
For the town itself, see Torquay postcodes.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The name is the one the area is commonly known by; it is not part of the ONS data. See all our data sources
Where it is
Latitude 50.4570
Longitude -3.6228
This is the middle of the postcodes in the TQ area. An area can be many miles across, and we do not draw its boundary.
Open this area on OpenStreetMapSource: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. How we use it
What do homes cost in the TQ area?
Homes in the TQ area sold for a typical £280,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 3,770 sales, down 3.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £425,000 1,175 sales
- Semi-detached £280,000 830 sales
- Terraced £230,000 1,097 sales
- Flat or maisonette £155,000 668 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Standard sales of homes at market value at the area's postcodes. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Each district below has its own, and each postcode page the figure for its sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
How do the TQ districts compare?
A district is the first half of a postcode. Each row gives its typical home price, how many of its postcodes can get gigabit broadband for every home, and how many have a home at flood risk. Each opens the district.
- TQ1 postcode district: TorquayTorbay, Teignbridge 923 postcodes Typical price£215,000 Gigabit, every home480 of 880 At flood risk47 of 923
- TQ2 postcode district: TorquayTorbay, Teignbridge 933 postcodes Typical price£247,000 Gigabit, every home641 of 926 At flood risk70 of 933
- TQ3 postcode district: PaigntonTorbay, South Hams, Teignbridge 749 postcodes Typical price£249,950 Gigabit, every home551 of 744 At flood risk52 of 749
- TQ4 postcode district: PaigntonTorbay 604 postcodes Typical price£272,500 Gigabit, every home340 of 583 At flood risk73 of 604
- TQ5 postcode district: BrixhamTorbay, South Hams 650 postcodes Typical price£285,000 Gigabit, every home404 of 645 At flood risk92 of 650
- TQ6 postcode district: DartmouthSouth Hams 457 postcodes Typical price£375,000 Gigabit, every home174 of 443 At flood risk112 of 457
- TQ7 postcode district: KingsbridgeSouth Hams 922 postcodes Typical price£352,000 Gigabit, every home233 of 906 At flood risk140 of 922
- TQ8 postcode district: SalcombeSouth Hams 180 postcodes Typical price£550,500 Gigabit, every home66 of 179 At flood risk28 of 180
- TQ9 postcode district: TotnesSouth Hams, Teignbridge 937 postcodes Typical price£412,525 Gigabit, every home339 of 882 At flood risk154 of 937
- TQ10 postcode district: South BrentSouth Hams 178 postcodes Typical price£330,000 Gigabit, every home95 of 178 At flood risk22 of 178
- TQ11 postcode district: BuckfastleighTeignbridge, South Hams 157 postcodes Typical price£252,500 Gigabit, every home61 of 157 At flood risk53 of 157
- TQ12 postcode district: Newton AbbotTeignbridge, South Hams, Torbay 1,719 postcodes Typical price£270,000 Gigabit, every home1,171 of 1,645 At flood risk324 of 1,719
- TQ13 postcode district: Bovey TraceyTeignbridge, West Devon, South Hams 1,047 postcodes Typical price£345,000 Gigabit, every home370 of 1,036 At flood risk199 of 1,047
- TQ14 postcode district: TeignmouthTeignbridge 659 postcodes Typical price£315,000 Gigabit, every home479 of 643 At flood risk121 of 659
Prices: HM Land Registry, files dated 28 September 2026; the bar is set against the dearest district. Gigabit: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, counting postcodes. Flood: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026, postcodes in England with a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea. How we use them
One row for every district in the area. "No place listed" means no town or village is large enough to list for it.
Places in the TQ area
Towns and villages with postcodes in the TQ area, each with the typical price of a home there where at least 5 sold.
Councils in the TQ area
How many of the area's postcodes fall under each council.
- Torbay3,768 postcodes
- Teignbridge3,408 postcodes
- South Hams2,815 postcodes
- West Devon124 postcodes
Near the TQ area
The postcode areas whose centre points are nearest to this one's, nearest first.
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