Devon County Council

Bins, council tax and planning, and what the council covers

Devon County Council is the county council for Devon. It runs schools, roads, social care and libraries. Bins, council tax and planning are run by its 8 district councils. ONS places 31,401 postcodes in use in Devon, in 62 postcode districts across 5 postcode areas.

71% of homes and businesses in Devon can get gigabit broadband, Ofcom says. The Environment Agency puts 23,953 homes and businesses in Devon in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

Its own pages listed
10
Postcodes in use
31,401
Postcode districts
62
District councils
8

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Its website

Devon County Council

new.devon.gov.uk

Name and website as GOV.UK gives them.

Do it on Devon County Council's own website

Each link goes straight to the page on the council's own website for that task. We opened every one on 14 October 2026.

Roads and parking

Schools

Care, support and libraries

Councillors, voting and complaints

The pages are the ones GOV.UK lists for Devon County Council. GOV.UK lists 11. When we opened them on 14 October 2026, 1 page had gone (missing, or moved to a page about something else). We left it out rather than send you to a page we could not see. If one has moved since, tell us.

What broadband can you get in Devon?

Across Devon, 71% of homes and businesses can get gigabit broadband and 69% full fibre, Ofcom says.

Full fibre69% can get it
Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)71% can get it
Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)92% can get it
Cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s)Under 1%

For one street, look up its postcode: each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How many homes in Devon are at risk of flooding?

Across Devon, the Environment Agency puts 23,953 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 5,053 postcodes with any property at risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 5,053 postcodes High: 14,938Medium: 9,015Low: 22,136Very low: 3,447

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them. It leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Surface water

In Devon the Environment Agency counts 10,095 properties at high risk of flooding from surface water, 7,896 at medium risk and 27,795 at low risk. Surface water is rain that cannot drain away fast enough.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

District councils in Devon

Bins, council tax and planning are run by the district, borough or city council for each part of Devon.

East Devon council, postcodes in use:6,147Exeter council, postcodes in use:3,626Mid Devon council, postcodes in use:3,499North Devon council, postcodes in use:3,792South Hams council, postcodes in use:4,243Teignbridge council, postcodes in use:4,700Torridge council, postcodes in use:2,803West Devon council, postcodes in use:2,591

Postcode districts with postcodes in Devon

Counted from the ONS Postcode Directory. A postcode district is drawn for sorting post, so many cross a council's edge.

Its postcode areas

DT postcode area: Dorchester, postcodes in use here:92 of 7,945EX postcode area: Exeter, postcodes in use here:22,127 of 22,913PL postcode area: Plymouth, postcodes in use here:2,764 of 17,884TA postcode area: Taunton, postcodes in use here:71 of 12,113TQ postcode area: Torquay, postcodes in use here:6,347 of 10,115

Beside each area: how many of its postcodes in use are in Devon.

Towns and villages

ExeterExmouthBarnstapleNewton AbbotTivertonSidmouthBidefordTeignmouthTavistockHonitonDawlishTotnesCreditonSeatonIlfracombeOkehamptonIvybridgeKingsteigntonCullomptonAxminsterDartmouthKingsbridgeBrauntonBudleigh Salterton

The 24 with the most postcodes in Devon, of 85. Browse places A to Z.

Is an address in Devon?

A council's edge does not follow postcodes exactly. Check the postcode.

All councils, A to Z

What Devon covers: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Its name, website and own pages: GOV.UK, Local authority services, downloaded 14 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0; every link opened on 14 October 2026. See all our data sources

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