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PL3 postcode area · Plymouth

The PL3 postcode district spans 11 neighbourhoods (MSOAs) in Plymouth. Area Scores range from 7 to 93 across them. Every full PL3 postcode falls within one of the neighbourhoods below.

In summary

There is a sharp split within the PL3 district: Mannamead & Hartley scores 94 out of 100 (#423 of 6,856 nationally) while Victoria Park sits at 8 — neighbours on the map, 86 points apart on the index. It mixes both ends of the national picture — 3 neighbourhoods in the least-deprived third of England and 3 in the most-deprived third. House prices stretch as far as the scores do: medians run from £178,000 in Ford & Blockhouse Park to £315,000 in Mannamead & Hartley — a 1.8× gap within the PL3 district.

Living here

Typical net household income£38,159a year, weighted avg of neighbourhood estimates
Recorded crime85per 1,000 residents, 12m
Median age (est.)39
Owner-occupied61%

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 PL3 district

£254,500median home sold over the past year · +18.4% over 5 years · +6.0% over the year · 480 sales
Detached£375,000
Semi-detached£280,000
Terraced£244,250
Flat£146,000
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
Mannamead & HartleyPlymouth 42394 £315,000
PeverellPlymouth 1,60976 £272,500
Plymstock Hooe & OrestonPlymouth 1,69175 £300,000
Higher Compton & EggbucklandPlymouth 3,24053 £250,000
Deer Park & LeighamPlymouth 4,22838 £200,000
MutleyPlymouth 4,26938 £215,000
Stoke & PennycomequickPlymouth 4,39236 £230,000
LipsonPlymouth 4,57033 £220,000
Ford & Blockhouse ParkPlymouth 5,27023 £178,000
Efford, Laira & CrabtreePlymouth 5,35222 £203,000
Victoria ParkPlymouth 6,3258 £189,950

People living in PL3 Census 2021

Residents87,431
Median age (est.)39
Density3,857per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above32%
No car or van24%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 15%25–44 27%45–64 25%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 29%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 28%
Own outright 29%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 12%Private rent 28%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 10%Other: 17%
One person 33%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 10%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Associate professional 13% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure11%
Elementary10%
Managers & directors10%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 93%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 50% · Christian 41% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 10%

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 PL3

Places whose neighbourhoods overlap the PL3 district.

Plymstock

Nearby areas

Postcode districts around PL3.

PL4 PL95 PL2 PL1 PL5 PL7 PL9 PL6

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.