BT79 postcode area guide — Derry City and Strabane
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the BT79 postcode district in Derry City and Strabane — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in BT79
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
94.2%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
86%
Gigabit-capable
86%
Below USO (10Mb)
1.8%
Broadband availability in the BT79 postcode district (Derry City and Strabane) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 932 postcodes Ofcom measures in BT79, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 94.2% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 86%.
Around 1.8% of premises in BT79 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in BT79
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| BT79 0AA | 100% | 96.3% |
| BT79 0AB | 100% | 100% |
| BT79 0AD | 100% | 100% |
| BT79 0AE | 100% | 92.9% |
| BT79 0AF | 100% | 100% |
| BT79 0AG | 100% | 89.7% |
| BT79 0AH | 100% | 97.1% |
| BT79 0AJ | 100% | 100% |
| BT79 0AL | 100% | 100% |
| BT79 0AN | 100% | 31.9% |
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Mobile signal around Derry City and Strabane
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Derry City And Strabane district (69,350 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
78.4%
4G outdoors — all networks
96.9%
5G outdoors — all networks
27.7%
Voice indoors — all networks
79.3%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Food hygiene ratings in BT79
238 rated food businesses operate in BT79. 172 hold the top rating of 5, 30 are rated 4, and 4 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Age Concern, Age NI Meadowbank Residential Home, Alchemist Speciality Coffee Omagh, An Teach Ban Bed & Breakfast, Arvalee Retreat B & B.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for Derry City and Strabane
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.