PA18 postcode area guide — Inverclyde
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the PA18 postcode district in Inverclyde — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in PA18
Good coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
89.7%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
14.7%
Gigabit-capable
14.7%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.1%
Broadband availability in the PA18 postcode district (Inverclyde) is Good — superfast broadband reaches most premises. Across the 63 postcodes Ofcom measures in PA18, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 89.7% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 14.7%.
Around 0.1% of premises in PA18 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 PA18
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| PA18 6AA | 100% | 100% |
| PA18 6AB | 100% | 25% |
| PA18 6AD | 42.9% | 22.9% |
| PA18 6AE | 100% | 0% |
| PA18 6AF | 100% | 0% |
| PA18 6AG | 100% | 0% |
| PA18 6AH | 0% | 0% |
| PA18 6AJ | 100% | 0% |
| PA18 6AL | 100% | 0% |
| PA18 6AN | 100% | 0% |
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Mobile signal around Inverclyde
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Inverclyde district (42,382 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
98.2%
4G outdoors — all networks
99.9%
5G outdoors — all networks
65.5%
Voice indoors — all networks
99.2%
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 PA18
14 rated food businesses operate in PA18. 13 hold a Pass under the Food Hygiene Information Scheme used in Scotland, while 1 currently require improvement.
Among the Pass-rated: Co-op, Indigo 2 Go, Macari's, Mearns T McCaskie (Shop), Nisa.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for Inverclyde
Landlines around PA18 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.