PL4 postcode area · Plymouth
The PL4 postcode district spans 8 neighbourhoods (MSOAs) in Plymouth. Area Scores range from 16 to 76 across them. Every full PL4 postcode falls within one of the neighbourhoods below.
In summary
The PL4 district contains both ends of the scale: Peverell at 76 out of 100 (#1,609 of 6,856 in England) against Cattedown & Prince Rock at 16, a 60-point gap between neighbouring areas. It mixes both ends of the national picture — 2 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 £161,750 in City Centre, Barbican & Sutton Harbour to £300,000 in Plymstock Hooe & Oreston — a 1.9× gap within the PL4 district.
Living here
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 PL4 district
| Neighbourhood | Nat. rank | Area score | Median price |
|---|---|---|---|
| PeverellPlymouth | 1,609 | 76 | £272,500 |
| Plymstock Hooe & OrestonPlymouth | 1,691 | 75 | £300,000 |
| MutleyPlymouth | 4,269 | 38 | £215,000 |
| Stoke & PennycomequickPlymouth | 4,392 | 36 | £230,000 |
| LipsonPlymouth | 4,570 | 33 | £220,000 |
| Efford, Laira & CrabtreePlymouth | 5,352 | 22 | £203,000 |
| City Centre, Barbican & Sutton HarbourPlymouth | 5,537 | 19 | £161,750 |
| Cattedown & Prince RockPlymouth | 5,756 | 16 | £169,950 |
People living in PL4 Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Professional 19% · Associate professional 13% · Skilled trades 12%
All occupation groups
| Professional | 19% |
| Associate professional | 13% |
| Skilled trades | 12% |
| Elementary | 12% |
| Caring & leisure | 11% |
| Sales & customer service | 10% |
| Managers & directors | 9% |
| Administrative | 8% |
| Process & plant | 7% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
No religion 52% · Christian 37% · Muslim 2%
Born outside the UK: 14%
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 PL4
Places whose neighbourhoods overlap the PL4 district.
Nearby areas
Postcode districts around PL4.
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.