KW5 postcode area guide — Highland
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the KW5 postcode district in Highland — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in KW5
Strong coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
66.4%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
42.4%
Gigabit-capable
42.4%
Below USO (10Mb)
2.2%
Broadband availability in the KW5 postcode district (Highland) is Strong — superfast is near-universal and gigabit is rolling out. Across the 9 postcodes Ofcom measures in KW5, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 66.4% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 42.4%.
Around 2.2% of premises in KW5 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 KW5
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| KW5 6DG | 87.5% | 43.8% |
| KW5 6DJ | 66.7% | 0% |
| KW5 6DL | 100% | 7.1% |
| KW5 6DQ | 12.5% | 0% |
| KW5 6DS | 100% | 100% |
| KW5 6DT | 66.7% | 66.7% |
| KW5 6DU | 66.7% | 66.7% |
| KW5 6DW | 97.6% | 97.6% |
| KW5 6DX | 0% | 0% |
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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 KW5
12 rated food businesses operate in KW5. 0 hold the top rating of 5, 0 are rated 4, and none are currently rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Blackcroft B&B, D Cormack, Forse of Nature, Rookums Ltd.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for Highland
Landlines around KW5 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.