KA17 postcode area guide — East Ayrshire
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the KA17 postcode district in East Ayrshire — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in KA17
Strong coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
97.2%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
75.8%
Gigabit-capable
75.8%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.8%
Broadband availability in the KA17 postcode district (East Ayrshire) is Strong — superfast is near-universal and gigabit is rolling out. Across the 141 postcodes Ofcom measures in KA17, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 97.2% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 75.8%.
Around 0.8% of premises in KA17 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 KA17
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| KA17 0AA | 100% | 85.7% |
| KA17 0AD | 100% | 52.9% |
| KA17 0AE | 100% | 0% |
| KA17 0AF | 100% | 100% |
| KA17 0AJ | 100% | 94.4% |
| KA17 0AL | 100% | 100% |
| KA17 0AN | 100% | 0% |
| KA17 0AP | 92.5% | 82.5% |
| KA17 0AQ | 100% | 75.9% |
| KA17 0AR | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around East Ayrshire
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider East Ayrshire district (63,110 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
90.2%
4G outdoors — all networks
99.6%
5G outdoors — all networks
43.3%
Voice indoors — all networks
95.1%
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 KA17
35 rated food businesses operate in KA17. 20 hold a Pass under the Food Hygiene Information Scheme used in Scotland, while 1 currently require improvement.
Among the Pass-rated: Black Bull Inn, Cakes by Nicole, Cakes4u Ayrshire, Darvel Early Childhood Centre, Darvel Primary School.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for East Ayrshire
Landlines around KA17 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.