Broadband in Enfield

Take N17, where full fibre availability is recorded at 97.8% of postcodes. N18 and N9 are close behind, both above 94 per cent. Then look at EN1, EN2 and EN3, where the dataset records no full fibre at all. The gap between those two groups of outward codes could hardly be wider.

The overall numbers remain healthy despite the split. Gigabit-capable services of any kind reach 88.1% of postcodes, so many addresses without recorded fibre still have a fast option to buy. Superfast coverage runs at 97.8%, and the below-10Mbps share is 0.6%. Set against a national full fibre figure of roughly seven in ten premises passed, Enfield's 60.1% of postcodes is slightly behind, but its leading N districts are far ahead of it. Averages flatten all of this out. In Enfield, the outward code on the address tells you more than the area-wide number does.

For anyone choosing between Enfield postcodes, the district prefix does a lot of work. An address in N17, N18 or N9 is very likely to have full fibre available. In EN1, EN2 or EN3 the recorded figure is zero, so buyers there should look at gigabit availability instead; across Enfield as a whole it reaches 88.1% of postcodes. Slow lines below 10Mbps affect 0.6% of postcodes, a small share for an area of this size.