KA8 postcode area guide — South Ayrshire
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the KA8 postcode district in South Ayrshire — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in KA8
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
99.2%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
85.8%
Gigabit-capable
85.2%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the KA8 postcode district (South Ayrshire) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 535 postcodes Ofcom measures in KA8, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 99.2% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 85.2%.
Around 0% of premises in KA8 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 KA8
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| KA8 0AB | 100% | 0% |
| KA8 0AD | 100% | 0% |
| KA8 0AF | 100% | 0% |
| KA8 0AG | 100% | 0% |
| KA8 0AH | 100% | 93.5% |
| KA8 0AJ | 100% | 0% |
| KA8 0AQ | 100% | 100% |
| KA8 0AR | 100% | 17.9% |
| KA8 0AS | 100% | 100% |
| KA8 0AT | 100% | 5.7% |
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Mobile signal around South Ayrshire
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider South Ayrshire district (60,865 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
91.1%
4G outdoors — all networks
99.4%
5G outdoors — all networks
28.6%
Voice indoors — all networks
95.3%
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 KA8
172 rated food businesses operate in KA8. 158 hold a Pass under the Food Hygiene Information Scheme used in Scotland, while 5 currently require improvement.
Among the Pass-rated: 3 Idiots, @Home, Action For Children, Aldente Ayr, Aldi Stores Limited.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for South Ayrshire
Landlines around KA8 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.