IP5 postcode district: Kesgrave and around, Suffolk

IP5 is a postcode district in Suffolk, with 460 postcodes in use in 4 sectors. It has postcodes in Kesgrave, Martlesham Heath and Ipswich. It is split between 2 councils: East Suffolk (458 postcodes) and Ipswich (2).

Postcodes in use: 460
Sectors: 4
Councils: 2 councils
Places: 3 places

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

Every postcode in IP5, by gigabit broadband

No home or business can get gigabit: 17
Some can get gigabit: 39
Every home and business can get gigabit: 397
Ofcom gives no figure: 7
Outline: where 5 or more postcodes without gigabit lie together

Of the 460 postcodes in IP5 that ONS places, 17 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 39 have some that can, 397 can all get it and 7 have no Ofcom figure.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 170 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.0617, longitude 1.2467. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; gigabit: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Postcodes without gigabit

17 postcodes here have no gigabit. These are the 12 first in postcode order.

IP5 1AX IP5 1BS IP5 1DJ IP5 1HR IP5 1HU IP5 2PS IP5 2QJ IP5 3QJ IP5 3QL IP5 3QN IP5 3RN IP5 3RP

3 further out, not drawn

These postcodes lie well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without them to show the rest closer; they are in every count.

IP5 1DP IP5 2WY IP5 3WY

Where the postcodes without gigabit lie together

8 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. IP5 3RS, is the one nearest the middle of them.

What broadband can you get in IP5?

Ofcom reports on 453 of the 460 postcodes in IP5. At 397 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit397 of 453

Postcodes where every home can get superfast433 of 453

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

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

Is IP5 at risk of flooding?

None of the 460 postcodes in IP5 is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and 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

What do homes sell for in IP5?

Homes in IP5 sold for a typical £342,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 229 sales, up 2.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£342,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

£335,000 12 months to August 2025

▲ up 2.2% on the 12 months before

Detached £416,500 94 sales
Semi-detached £328,750 68 sales
Terraced £251,250 46 sales
Flat or maisonette £180,000 21 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode 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