IV16 postcode area guide — Highland
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the IV16 postcode district in Highland — every official dataset on one page.
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Where is IV16?
Broadband & internet speeds in IV16
Strong coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
82.5%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
61.4%
Gigabit-capable
61.4%
Below USO (10Mb)
1.4%
Broadband availability in the IV16 postcode district (Highland) is Strong — superfast is near-universal and gigabit is rolling out. Across the 53 postcodes Ofcom measures in IV16, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 82.5% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 61.4%.
Around 1.4% of premises in IV16 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 IV16
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| IV16 9AB | 100% | 0% |
| IV16 9UD | 100% | 86.7% |
| IV16 9UE | 100% | 100% |
| IV16 9UF | 100% | 100% |
| IV16 9UH | 0% | 0% |
| IV16 9UJ | 100% | 100% |
| IV16 9UL | 100% | 100% |
| IV16 9UN | 100% | 96.2% |
| IV16 9UP | 100% | 100% |
| IV16 9UQ | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around Highland
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Highland district (137,217 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
81.9%
4G outdoors — all networks
96.5%
5G outdoors — all networks
20.2%
Voice indoors — all networks
82.2%
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 IV16
23 rated food businesses operate in IV16. 16 hold a Pass under the Food Hygiene Information Scheme used in Scotland, while 1 currently require improvement.
Among the Pass-rated: ABC Parties, Assynt House, Co-op, Cornerstone (the Open Door), Evanton Fundraising Group.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for Highland
Landlines around IV16 typically use:
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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.