PL9 postcode district: Plymouth and around
PL9 is a postcode district in England, with 1,017 postcodes in use in 5 sectors. It has postcodes in Plymouth, Wembury and Sherford. It is split between 2 councils: Plymouth (791 postcodes) and South Hams (226). 226 of its 1,017 postcodes are in Devon. ONS lists no county for the other 791.
- Postcodes in use
- 1,017
- Sectors
- 5
- 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 PL9, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 103
- In use before 2020: 914
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 1,017 postcodes in PL9 that ONS places, 103 are new since 2020 and 914 were in use before 2020.
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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 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 50.3557, longitude -4.0841. 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; when each came into use: the same directory; 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
The 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 41 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. PL9 8XR, is the newest of them.
- 31 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. PL9 8ZQ, is the newest of them.
- 15 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. PL9 7GY, is the newest of them.
- 7 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. PL9 8YW, is the newest of them.
What broadband can you get in PL9?
Ofcom reports on 980 of the 1,017 postcodes in PL9. At 759 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 7 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
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 checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is PL9 at risk of flooding?
55 of the 1,017 postcodes in PL9 have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 180 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
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, 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 PL9?
Homes in PL9 sold for a typical £310,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 453 sales, up 0.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £415,000 135 sales
- Semi-detached £300,000 193 sales
- Terraced £256,000 91 sales
- Flat or maisonette £165,500 34 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
Postcodes in PL9
Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.
UK postcode format explainedPlaces in PL9
Towns and villages with postcodes in PL9, and how many each has here.
Who covers PL9
How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.
Councils
- Plymouth791
- South Hams226
Constituencies
- South West Devon1,017
Police force areas
- Devon & Cornwall1,017
Next to PL9
"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after PL9 in the PL area.
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