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KA6 postcode area guide — East Ayrshire

House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the KA6 postcode district in East Ayrshire — every official dataset on one page.

KA6 covers East Ayrshire in Scotland and spans 524 live postcodes.

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Where is KA6?

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Broadband & internet speeds in KA6

Good coverage

Superfast (30Mb+)

91.5%

Ultrafast (300Mb+)

27.8%

Gigabit-capable

25.8%

Below USO (10Mb)

0.7%

Broadband availability in the KA6 postcode district (East Ayrshire) is Good — superfast broadband reaches most premises. Across the 524 postcodes Ofcom measures in KA6, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 91.5% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 25.8%.

Around 0.7% of premises in KA6 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 KA6

PostcodeSuperfastGigabit
KA6 5AA100%0%
KA6 5AB66.7%0%
KA6 5AD45.5%45.5%
KA6 5AE60%60%
KA6 5AF100%0%
KA6 5AG100%0%
KA6 5AH100%100%
KA6 5AJ94.4%94.4%
KA6 5AL62.5%62.5%
KA6 5AN50%50%

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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 KA6

139 rated food businesses operate in KA6. 113 hold a Pass under the Food Hygiene Information Scheme used in Scotland, while 4 currently require improvement.

Among the Pass-rated: Aberlour Out Of School Club, Acts of Kindness, Acts of Kindness, Aishah Tandoori, Al's Kitchen.

Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.

Phone area codes for East Ayrshire

Landlines around KA6 typically use:

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Postcodes in KA6

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Frequently asked questions

Where is the KA6 postcode?
KA6 covers East Ayrshire in Scotland. It contains 524 live postcodes. The map above shows the district centre; the postcode list further down covers individual addresses.
What broadband can I get in KA6?
Ofcom Connected Nations puts superfast availability in KA6 at 91.5% of premises, with gigabit-capable lines reaching 25.8%. Enter a full postcode in the checker on this page for address-level availability.

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.

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