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PL2 postcode area · Plymouth

The PL2 postcode district spans 8 neighbourhoods (MSOAs) in Plymouth. Area Scores range from 5 to 76 across them. Every full PL2 postcode falls within one of the neighbourhoods below.

In summary

There is a sharp split within the PL2 district: Peverell scores 76 out of 100 (#1,609 of 6,856 nationally) while Devonport, Mount Wise & Morice Town sits at 5 — neighbours on the map, 71 points apart on the index. It mixes both ends of the national picture — 2 neighbourhoods in the least-deprived third of England and 4 in the most-deprived third. House prices stretch as far as the scores do: medians run from £158,000 in Devonport, Mount Wise & Morice Town to £300,000 in Plymstock Hooe & Oreston — a 1.9× gap within the PL2 district.

Living here

Typical net household income£38,107a year, weighted avg of neighbourhood estimates
Recorded crime89per 1,000 residents, 12m
Median age (est.)40
Owner-occupied59%

Income: ONS model-based estimates (FYE 2023). Crime: data.police.uk, recorded incidents. Age & tenure: Census 2021. All OGL v3.0 — methodology.

House prices in the PL2 district

£190,500median home sold over the past year · +15.5% over 5 years · -0.8% over the year · 434 sales
Detached£410,000
Semi-detached£250,000
Terraced£187,000
Flat£116,250
Plymouth£227,500
South West£310,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.
Area Score:more deprivedless deprivedTap a neighbourhood to open it →
NeighbourhoodNat. rankArea scoreMedian price
PeverellPlymouth 1,60976 £272,500
Plymstock Hooe & OrestonPlymouth 1,69175 £300,000
Ham, Beacon Park & PennycrossPlymouth 3,31652 £250,000
Stoke & PennycomequickPlymouth 4,39236 £230,000
Ford & Blockhouse ParkPlymouth 5,27023 £178,000
North ProspectPlymouth 5,86614 £195,750
KeyhamPlymouth 6,01012 £180,000
Devonport, Mount Wise & Morice TownPlymouth 6,4835 £158,000

People living in PL2 Census 2021

Residents65,569
Median age (est.)40
Density3,308per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above29%
No car or van25%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 11%25–44 28%45–64 26%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 27%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 19%Private rent: 23%
Own outright 27%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 19%Private rent 23%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 13%Other: 13%
One person 32%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 13%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Associate professional 13% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades13%
Caring & leisure11%
Elementary11%
Managers & directors9%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 94%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 51% · Christian 40% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 9%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

Towns & places in PL2

Places whose neighbourhoods overlap the PL2 district.

Plymstock

Nearby areas

Postcode districts around PL2.

PL1 PL3 PL95 PL4 PL5 PL6 PL11 PL10

A postcode district overlaps several neighbourhoods, so per-neighbourhood figures are shown alongside the district-wide medians — neighbouring areas can differ a lot. Neighbourhood (MSOA) boundaries contain ONS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025, Open Government Licence v3.0.