| Postcode | TQ3 1DJ | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Paignton | 
| Nearest station | Paignton (2 km) | 
| Bus stops | 215 Preston Down Road (W) Lindsay Road (NW) 147 Occombe Valley Road (NW) 126 Occombe Valley Road (SE) Duchy Gardens (E) Transmitter (W) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 2 View | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
                       | 
| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
                     | 
| Latitude | 50.455469 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -3.576904 | |
| Easting | 288155 | |
| Northing | 62925 | |
| Grid reference | SX881629 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 459047 5589432 | |
| what3words | epic.exam.paints | |
| FixPhrase | crevice lunchroom spending unholy | |
| Plus code | 9C2RFC4F+56 | |
| Altitude | 115 metres (378 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:04 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:53 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 2.6 KMs (1.6 miles) | 
| Parish | Torbay, unparished area | E43000022 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Preston | E05012263 | 
| Unitary Authority | Torbay | E06000027 | 
| County | Devon | E10000008 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Torbay | E14001551 | 
| MP | Steve Darling | Liberal Democrat | 
| Police force | Devon & Cornwall | |
| Water company | South West Water | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Torbay | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Devon | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | South West | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | January 1980 | 
|---|---|
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean | 
| Population (2011) | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 1 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Urban: Further from a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Urban city and town | |
| Built up area (2024) | Paignton | E63014055 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00076934 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 6A3 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Torbay 011F | E01015230 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Torbay 011F | E01015230 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Preston & Shorton | E02003164 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Preston & Shorton | E02003164 | 
| Travel to work area | Torquay and Paignton | E30000279 | 
| Average property price in Torquay | £290,681 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | -2.4% |