# LA4 6QZ: area report for a postcode in Lancaster

LA4 6QZ 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 6QZ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Lancaster](https://openindex.co.uk/lancaster) › [LA4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/la4) › [LA4 6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/la4-6)

## Around this postcode

- **3 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 73% on July. Lancaster 004D: 38 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-2.8275,54.0749,LA46QZ
- **Bare Lane, 510 m**: About 6 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.8275,54.0749,LA46QZ
- **2 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 660 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.8275,54.0749,LA46QZ
- **No property in LA4 6QZ listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-2.8275,54.0749,LA46QZ
- **England’s least deprived 30%**: This neighbourhood, Lancaster 004D. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.8275,54.0749,LA46QZ
- **£202,966 average price**: For the whole of Lancaster, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.8275,54.0749,LA46QZ
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: None found within 2 km. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.8275,54.0749,LA46QZ
- **1 supermarket within 1 km**: Nearest is 980 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.8275,54.0749,LA46QZ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at LA4 6QZ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-2.8275,54.0749,LA46QZ
- **Low road and rail noise at LA4 6QZ**: Road 51 dB, rail 43 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.8275,54.0749,LA46QZ
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% 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=-2.8275,54.0749,LA46QZ
- **7.2 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-2.8275,54.0749,LA46QZ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Great Wood Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/great-wood-primary-school-e119311) | Primary | 660 m (8 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, November 2022 | 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Morecambe and Heysham Torrisholme Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/morecambe-and-heysham-torrisholme-community-primary-school-e119283) | Primary | 730 m (9 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade | 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Lancaster and Morecambe College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lancaster-and-morecambe-college-e130737) | Sixth form and further education | 1.4 km (17 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Morecambe Road School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/morecambe-road-school-e119876) | Special | 1.5 km (18 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, June 2023 | – |
| [Morecambe Bay Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/morecambe-bay-academy-e147115) | Secondary | 1.5 km (19 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 | 1.5 km (19 minutes on foot) | Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met | 53% 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 | 1.7 km (21 minutes on foot) | Requires improvement (overall), July 2024 | 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Morecambe and Heysham Grosvenor Park Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/morecambe-and-heysham-grosvenor-park-primary-school-e119351) | Primary | 1.7 km (22 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, September 2023 | 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| March 2025 | £225,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| May 2023 | £215,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 70 m |
| September 2023 | £272,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 90 m |
| April 2025 | £272,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 100 m |
| December 2025 | £295,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 110 m |
| May 2026 | £275,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 110 m |
| June 2025 | £327,500 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| January 2025 | £225,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 150 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Bare Lane (510 m, 6 minutes on foot)
- Pharmacies: BARE PHARMACY LTD (860 m)
- Dental practices: BARE DENTAL CLINIC LTD (380 m); DENTAL SURGERY (860 m); GENIX HEALTHCARE LTD (1 km); LANCASTER ROAD (DENTAL SURGERY) (1 km)
- Supermarkets: Morrisons Daily Morecambe Lancaster Road (980 m, Morrisons)

## 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 004D (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 11.1** (2025). Lancaster 004D has a deprivation score of 11.1 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 10,033rd least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £227,475** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Lancaster 004D was £227,475 in 2025. Joint 9,225th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,078** (2021). Lancaster 004D had 1,078 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 11,234th least 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: 99.8%** (January 2026). In Lancaster 004D, 99.8% 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: 54.0749, -2.8275

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=-2.8275,54.0749,LA46QZ

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