# EX4 1LJ: area report for a postcode in Exeter

EX4 1LJ is a postcode in Exeter.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Exeter. Open the map at EX4 1LJ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Exeter](https://openindex.co.uk/exeter) › [EX4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ex4) › [EX4 1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ex4-1)

## Around this postcode

- **30 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 25% on July. Exeter 012D: 43 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-3.5505,50.7131,EX41LJ
- **Exeter St Thomas, 940 m**: About 12 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-3.5505,50.7131,EX41LJ
- **6 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 270 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-3.5505,50.7131,EX41LJ
- **No property in EX4 1LJ listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-3.5505,50.7131,EX41LJ
- **England’s least deprived 40%**: This neighbourhood, Exeter 012D. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-3.5505,50.7131,EX41LJ
- **£282,696 average price**: For the whole of Exeter, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-3.5505,50.7131,EX41LJ
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 410 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-3.5505,50.7131,EX41LJ
- **5 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 500 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-3.5505,50.7131,EX41LJ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at EX4 1LJ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-3.5505,50.7131,EX41LJ
- **Moderate road and rail noise at EX4 1LJ**: Road 62 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-3.5505,50.7131,EX41LJ
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 5 of 6**: 10% to 30% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-3.5505,50.7131,EX41LJ
- **6.3 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-3.5505,50.7131,EX41LJ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Bowhill Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bowhill-primary-school-e143193) | Primary | 270 m (3 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, May 2025 | 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [West Exe Nursery School - Exeter Nursery Schools Federation](https://openindex.co.uk/school/west-exe-nursery-school-exeter-nursery-schools-federation-e134674) | Nursery | 370 m (5 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, July 2023 | – |
| [Torlands Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/torlands-academy-e147362) | Pupil referral and alternative provision | 440 m (6 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), February 2024 | – |
| [Belong School Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/school/belong-school-devon-e147471) | Special | 640 m (8 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Barley Lane School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/barley-lane-school-e113636) | Special | 670 m (8 minutes on foot) | Requires improvement (overall), July 2024 | – |
| [Montgomery Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/montgomery-primary-school-e113082) | Primary | 730 m (9 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade | 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Thomas Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-thomas-primary-school-e143191) | Primary | 840 m (10 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), February 2023 | 43% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Gabriel's CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-gabriels-cofe-primary-school-e142802) | Primary | 960 m (12 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, December 2024 | 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| November 2025 | £510,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 50 m |
| January 2023 | £350,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 90 m |
| August 2025 | £307,500 | Detached, established, freehold | 100 m |
| October 2025 | £298,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 120 m |
| November 2025 | £520,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 120 m |
| September 2024 | £325,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| April 2026 | £212,500 | Terraced, established, freehold | 140 m |
| September 2024 | £325,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 150 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Exeter St Thomas (940 m, 12 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: ST THOMAS MEDICAL GROUP (410 m)
- Pharmacies: LUXTONS THE PHARMACY (430 m); ST THOMAS PHARMACY (430 m); BOOTS (990 m)
- Dental practices: ST THOMAS DENTAL PRACTICE (720 m)
- Supermarkets: Morrisons Daily Exeter (500 m, Morrisons); Tesco Exeter Cowick St Express (600 m, Tesco); Co-op Exeter - Cowick Street (810 m, The Co-operative Group); Co-op Buddle Lane Exeter (830 m, The Southern Co-operative); M&S Exebridges Exeter SF (1 km, Marks and Spencer)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £282,696** (July 2026). Exeter’s average house price was £282,696 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 1.7% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £34,514** (2025). Full-time workers living in Exeter earned a median of £34,514 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 43rd lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 8.2×** (2025). A home in Exeter costs 8.2 times local full-time pay. Joint 123rd least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 15.9** (2025). Exeter has a deprivation score of 15.9 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 111th least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Exeter 012D (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 11.5** (2025). Exeter 012D has a deprivation score of 11.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 10,536th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £295,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Exeter 012D was £295,000 in 2025. Joint 15,719th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,471** (2021). Exeter 012D had 1,471 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 21,633rd least populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 100.0%** (January 2026). In Exeter 012D, 100.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## EX4 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £285,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in EX4 was £285,000 in 2025. Joint 1,027th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 60,310** (2021). EX4 had 60,310 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 94th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 65%** (2022). About 65% of people in EX4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 87.9%** (January 2026). In EX4, 87.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Exeter](https://openindex.co.uk/exeter)
- Centre: 50.7131, -3.5505

Council: [Exeter](https://openindex.co.uk/exeter) (District, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Exeter](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/exeter): Steve Race (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-3.5505,50.7131,EX41LJ

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