PA17 postcode area guide — North Ayrshire
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the PA17 postcode district in North Ayrshire — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in PA17
Mixed coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
79.8%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
3.6%
Gigabit-capable
3.6%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.5%
Broadband availability in the PA17 postcode district (North Ayrshire) is Mixed — superfast is available to many but not all premises. Across the 73 postcodes Ofcom measures in PA17, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 79.8% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 3.6%.
Around 0.5% of premises in PA17 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 PA17
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| PA17 5AA | 100% | 0% |
| PA17 5AB | 100% | 0% |
| PA17 5AD | 100% | 0% |
| PA17 5AE | 100% | 0% |
| PA17 5AF | 100% | 0% |
| PA17 5AG | 100% | 0% |
| PA17 5AH | 100% | 0% |
| PA17 5AJ | 100% | 0% |
| PA17 5AL | 98% | 0% |
| PA17 5AN | 100% | 0% |
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Mobile signal around North Ayrshire
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider North Ayrshire district (74,667 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
91.4%
4G outdoors — all networks
98.2%
5G outdoors — all networks
37%
Voice indoors — all networks
93.5%
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 PA17
11 rated food businesses operate in PA17. 9 hold a Pass under the Food Hygiene Information Scheme used in Scotland, while 1 currently require improvement.
Among the Pass-rated: Community Centre, Home Kitchen, Keystore, Skelmorlie & Wemyss Bay Church Hall, Skelmorlie Bowling Club.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for North Ayrshire
Landlines around PA17 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.