# LA4 5HZ: area report for a postcode in Lancaster

LA4 5HZ is a postcode in Lancaster.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Lancaster. Open the map at LA4 5HZ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Lancaster](https://openindex.co.uk/lancaster) › [LA4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/la4) › [LA4 5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/la4-5)

## Around this postcode

- **73 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 5% on July. Lancaster 006D: 498 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-2.8599,54.0752,LA45HZ
- **Morecambe, 820 m**: About 10 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.8599,54.0752,LA45HZ
- **4 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 130 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.8599,54.0752,LA45HZ
- **6 of 16 properties in LA4 5HZ at medium risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences. Also 4 at low risk, 4 at very low risk. Flood zones, which ignore defences: in flood zone 2. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-2.8599,54.0752,LA45HZ
- **England’s most deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, Lancaster 006D. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.8599,54.0752,LA45HZ
- **£202,966 average price**: For the whole of Lancaster, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.8599,54.0752,LA45HZ
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: None found within 2 km. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.8599,54.0752,LA45HZ
- **2 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 530 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.8599,54.0752,LA45HZ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at LA4 5HZ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-2.8599,54.0752,LA45HZ
- **Low road and rail noise at LA4 5HZ**: Road 41 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.8599,54.0752,LA45HZ
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 5 of 6**: 10% to 30% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-2.8599,54.0752,LA45HZ
- **6.9 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-2.8599,54.0752,LA45HZ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Poulton-le-Sands Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/poulton-le-sands-church-of-england-primary-school-e119538) | Primary | 130 m (2 minutes on foot) | Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met | 36% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Morecambe Bay Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/morecambe-bay-community-primary-school-e119135) | Primary | 340 m (4 minutes on foot) | Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met | 30% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Morecambe](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-marys-catholic-primary-school-morecambe-e119622) | Primary | 480 m (6 minutes on foot) | Requires improvement (overall), July 2024 | 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Morecambe Bay Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/morecambe-bay-academy-e147115) | Secondary | 630 m (8 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), September 2023 | Attainment 8 of 39.7 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Lancaster Road Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lancaster-road-primary-school-e119137) | Primary | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met | 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Great Wood Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/great-wood-primary-school-e119311) | Primary | 1.5 km (19 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, November 2022 | 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/morecambe-and-heysham-westgate-primary-school-e119347) | Primary | 1.6 km (20 minutes on foot) | Requires improvement (overall), May 2024 | 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [West End Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/west-end-primary-school-e119139) | Primary | 1.7 km (21 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2022 | 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| December 2025 | £193,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 10 m |
| October 2023 | £250,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 90 m |
| October 2025 | £120,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 100 m |
| June 2024 | £59,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 100 m |
| March 2023 | £115,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 140 m |
| April 2023 | £120,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 190 m |
| February 2024 | £140,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 200 m |
| October 2025 | £150,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 210 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Morecambe (820 m, 10 minutes on foot)
- Pharmacies: COHENS CHEMIST (260 m); BOOTS (530 m); COHENS CHEMIST (620 m)
- Dental practices: MORECAMBE DENTAL CENTRE (270 m); DENTAL EDUCATION CENTRE (270 m); DENTAL SURGERY (320 m); PIOTR DROZYNSKI AND GRAZYNA BARBARA DROZYNSKI (320 m)
- Supermarkets: Iceland Morecambe (530 m, Iceland); Asda Morecambe Supermarket (790 m, Asda)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £202,966** (July 2026). Lancaster’s average house price was £202,966 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 4.9% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £34,890** (2025). Full-time workers living in Lancaster earned a median of £34,890 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 58th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 5.8×** (2025). A home in Lancaster costs 5.8 times local full-time pay. Joint 81st most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 22.4** (2025). Lancaster has a deprivation score of 22.4 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 111th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Lancaster 006D (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 73.7** (2025). Lancaster 006D has a deprivation score of 73.7 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 155th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £122,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Lancaster 006D was £122,500 in 2025. Joint 959th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,565** (2021). Lancaster 006D had 1,565 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 19,964th most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 58.4%** (January 2026). In Lancaster 006D, 58.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## LA4 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £185,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in LA4 was £185,000 in 2025. Joint 278th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 25,813** (2021). LA4 had 25,813 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,128th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 72%** (2022). About 72% of people in LA4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 92.9%** (January 2026). In LA4, 92.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Lancaster](https://openindex.co.uk/lancaster)
- Centre: 54.0752, -2.8599

Council: [Lancaster](https://openindex.co.uk/lancaster) (District, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Morecambe and Lunesdale](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/morecambe-and-lunesdale): Lizzi Collinge (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-2.8599,54.0752,LA45HZ

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Snapshot 2026.10.8. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/la4-5hz