Paignton
Paignton is covered by postcode districts TQ2, TQ3, TQ4 and TQ5. It is in the Torbay council area, England.
Every postcode in Paignton, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 33
- In use before 2020: 1,625
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 1,658 postcodes in Paignton that ONS places, 33 are new since 2020 and 1,625 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 50.4423, longitude -3.5688. 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
What is it like to live in Paignton?
Homes sold for a typical £255,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.9% on the 12 months before. At 1,158 of the 1,637 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 738 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 131 of its 1,658 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Paignton, 900 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Paignton?
Homes in Paignton sold for a typical £255,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 860 sales, down 1.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £370,000 240 sales
- Semi-detached £270,000 250 sales
- Terraced £217,750 202 sales
- Flat or maisonette £140,000 168 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole TQ3 district, Paignton's main postcode district: a typical £249,950.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Paignton: 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
Are new homes being built in Paignton?
33 of the 1,658 postcodes now in use in Paignton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 13 of the 1,005 homes sold in Paignton were newly built (1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the TQ3 district, Under 1%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Paignton | Across the TQ3 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 2 of 860 (Under 1%) | 2 of 399 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 13 of 1,005 (1%) | 1 of 480 (Under 1%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Paignton?
Ofcom reports on 1,637 of the 1,658 postcodes in Paignton. At 1,158 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 3 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 Paignton at risk of flooding?
131 of the 1,658 postcodes in Paignton 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 738 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
Which schools are in Paignton?
The open schools at the postcodes in Paignton (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Oldway Primary School150 m 598 pupils, 630 places
- Preston Bridge School250 m 61 pupils, 115 places
- Sacred Heart Catholic School400 m 208 pupils, 210 places
- Curledge Street Academy1.1 km 439 pupils, 467 places
- Kings Ash Academy1.5 km 293 pupils, 420 places
- Hayes School1.5 km 340 pupils, 446 places
- Preston Primary School1.6 km 325 pupils, 331 places
- Roselands Primary School2.7 km 315 pupils, 315 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Paignton?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Paignton is Paignton Rail Station, 900 m away in a straight line.
- Paignton Rail Station Railway station 900 mWalk
- Torquay Rail Station Railway station 2.8 kmCycle
- Torre Rail Station Railway station 3.8 kmCycle
- Paignton (Paignton and Dartmouth Railway) Underground, metro or tram 900 mWalk
- Goodrington (Paignton and Dartmouth Railway) Underground, metro or tram 1.9 kmCycle
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Paignton?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Paignton, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Pembroke Medical Group Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report December 2025 · Phone 01803 553558 700 mWalk
- Mayfield Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 01803 558257 1.0 kmWalk
- Corner Place Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report December 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 01803 557458 1.0 kmWalk
- Old Farm Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01803 556403 1.2 kmCycle
- Chelston Hall Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01803 605359 2.8 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Paignton safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 3,629 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Paignton over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 289 September 2025
- 314 October 2025
- 262 November 2025
- 248 December 2025
- 224 January 2026
- 225 February 2026
- 287 March 2026
- 254 April 2026
- 405 May 2026
- 431 June 2026
- 384 July 2026
- 306 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 93, other crime 71, possession of weapons 39, theft from the person 28, robbery 16, bicycle theft 15.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Paignton?
- Council
- Torbay
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Torbay (1,290) and South Devon (368)
- Police force area
- Devon & Cornwall
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Paignton
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Torbay about council tax Council tax, on torbay.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Paignton
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Paignton postcodes
1,658 postcodes in use in Paignton, by district:
Those districts are all in the TQ postcode area.
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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Paignton
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Paignton's £255,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Paignton
- What is it like to live in Paignton?
- Homes sold for a typical £255,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.9% on the 12 months before. At 1,158 of the 1,637 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 738 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 131 of its 1,658 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Paignton, 900 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Paignton?
- Paignton is covered by postcode districts TQ2, TQ3, TQ4 and TQ5, across 1,658 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Paignton in?
- Paignton is in the Torbay council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Paignton?
- Homes in Paignton sold for a typical £255,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 860 sales, down 1.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Paignton?
- In Paignton, primary schools at its postcodes include Oldway Primary School, Preston Bridge School and Sacred Heart Catholic School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Preston Bridge School, Brunel School and Paignton Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Does Paignton have a railway station?
- Yes: Paignton is 900 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Paignton, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Paignton?
- Ofcom reports on 1,637 of the 1,658 postcodes in Paignton. At 1,158 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 3 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Paignton at risk of flooding?
- 131 of the 1,658 postcodes in Paignton 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 738 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Paignton?
- 33 of the 1,658 postcodes now in use in Paignton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 13 of the 1,005 homes sold in Paignton were newly built (1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the TQ3 district, Under 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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